Fundamental British values - voting for our School Councillors
As we begin a new school year, one of the most important jobs is to elect the new school councillors.
The job of a school councillor is a varied one and includes listening to the opinions of their classmates, sharing the views of their class at school council meetings, debating suggestions with other school council representatives during the meetings and generally making sure that the children are well represented in school, by having their voices heard.
Many children put themselves forward to be the Year 5 school councillors this year and prepared speeches and/or presentations, which they confidently shared with their classmates. Each class then held an election for whom they thought would best represent them, helping the children understand democracy in action in a practical manner.
The votes were very close, but the school councillors who were elected for this academic year were Amelie and Monty for 5JS and Florence and Benji for 5PK. Everyone looks forward to seeing how they will help shape the work of the school council.
