Our School Council are a group of children who have been democratically voted for and elected by their class. We meet every few weeks to share the voice of the children in our school. There are two councillors from each year group.
Courageous Advocacy and Global Neighbours
Christian Aid offer an accreditation to become a recognised Global Neighbour school. Their scheme aims to increase pupils’ understanding of the root causes of poverty and injustice, as well as engage and empower pupils as agents of change in the transformation of our world. The scheme supports the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development of pupils, strengthens the ‘promotion of fundamental British Values’, promotes critical thinking across the curriculum and strengthens links with the local community. Global Neighbours can also enhance Religious Education provision by increasing pupils’ knowledge and understanding about why and how Christians, along with people of other faiths and those of no faith, want to change the world to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty where everyone can flourish.
By helping pupils to claim their voice as global citizens, participation in the scheme helps pupils to become active global citizens and courageous advocates for change in the world, from a local to global and international level.
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
(Ephesians 4:32)
(Genesis 2:15)
At our first meeting, we discussed how we could save our planet. We started small and thought about what we could do from our classrooms. We decided that recycling bins would be our first project, so our councillors set to work designing and decorating new recycling bins for each class. At the end of each week, our school councillors will collect these bins and ensure any paper waste is recycled properly.