School Council
Our School Council meets regularly with Mrs Vickers. Each class has one representative. The School Council deliver regular assemblies and work with the governors and staff every term to share and discuss their thoughts on how to develop and improve the school.
Who are School Council?
Sir Alexander Fleming Nursery and Primary School Council is made up of pupils from Year 1 through to Year 6, who are elected by their peers to represent the views of all pupils, and to work with the senior leadership team to continue to improve our school.
What are our aims?
- The members will raise the profile and promote Sir Alexander Fleming Nursery and Primary School’s Aims and Vision Statement.
- The members will have a responsibility to help the school become more environmentally friendly.
- The members will have the responsibility to think of ways to help the local community become a safer, healthier and more peaceful place to live in.
- The members will promote the voice of the school community.
- The members will support charities and help raise funds for school events
The Role of School Council
Each year, after an electoral campaign in class and voting day, every class will elect representatives from their year group; they will be members of the school council for the whole of the academic year. The elections take place at the beginning of the school year in the Autumn term.
Each representative follows a set of principles:
- To make sure that our school is a safe and happy place for children.
- To make sure that children have a place to voice their concerns.
- To encourage all children in the school to suggest improvements.
- To make sure any suggestions or concerns are listened to and acted upon
What makes our School Council successful?
- Regular meetings
- School Council members form Year 1 to Year 6 to make sure have we a whole school voice.
- Good communication between representatives and their class members
Reading Ambassadors
- They are amazing reading role-models!
- They are enthusiastic about reading and inspire other children to read.
- They look after books in the whole school library.
- They help during reading assemblies.
- They run a reading club at lunchtime on Friday.
- They make recommendations in a termly leaflet and Seesaw post.
Digital Leaders
This is a pupil-led online safety team in the school where the children are the experts! We run Digital Leaders across the school where one child from each class is elected to be a part of the team.
Throughout the year, the Digital Leaders lead a school assembly every term on a an aspect of online safety. They also go into every classroom throughout the terms to teach a lesson to their peers about different themes around online safety.
The children who are part of the team proudly wear their Digital Leaders badges and have now achieved gold status by successfully completing a host of challenges. This rise to gold status took many years and the children are very proud of their success.
As well as running assembles and teaching lessons, the Digital Leaders also hold parent workshops and open door sessions where their peers can approach them for advice.
Playground Buddies
Some children from Year 4 have received training to become a playground friend after filling out an application form and having an interview with Mrs Tomlinson. Their role is to help children on the playground have an enjoyable playtime. They provide a variety of games and activities and also assist children to the first aid room if needed. Children can easily spot a playground friend as they wear an orange vest to stand out.
Sports Leaders
Our Sports leaders are volunteers from Year 5 and Year 6 who support active lunch time activities, house competitions and sports day. They can be found on the playground organising games and activities; they are identified by their sports leader armband.