School Council
“Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.” — Desmond Tutu
At Sunnyfields, every child has a voice. As a Rights Respecting School, our school council provides a meaningful way in which the pupil opinions, ideas and viewpoints are heard and valued (Article 12 - UNCRC).
In addition, it gives our pupils the opportunity to develop leadership and become partners in their own education, thus helping to make positive contributions to the school environment and ethos.
A new school council is elected each year, by their peers and is made up of 2 representatives from Year 1 to Year 6.
This year's school council members are:
Year 1 – Eva and Albee
Year 2 – Amin and Zoe
Year 3 – Mandana and Isaam
Year 4 – Ryan and Karolina
Year 5 – Sorena and Eliza
Year 6 – Ali Y. and Zainab
All our School Council members understand that they act as representatives of their classmates in discussing school issues with the Headteacher. They discuss suggestions posted by pupils in the 'School council Suggestion box'. They help make decisions about school life and organise projects that support learning and school development.
Over the years, the school council have successfully organised themed days, had a positive impact on school policies and hosted a whole range of exciting and worthwhile fundraisers.
Some of the suggestions implemented are:
- Special days like 'World Week' and Bee Kind Day' where members of the school dressed up as bees and planted lavender in the school grounds to support the local bees.
- ‘Just one tree day’ where children dressed up as trees and raised money to plant trees in the rainforest in Kenya and Madagascar.
- Fundraising activities to raise money for the orphans in the 'Future Hope' orphanage in Calcutta, India
- Mini Marathon to raise money for 'Kidney Care', the UK's leading kidney patient support charity.
- A behaviour reward trip to the Houses of Parliament to meet our local MP and learn about the workings of democracy.
- 'Behaviour Leaders' in both the Infant and Junior playgrounds to support collaborative play.
- New playground markings in the Infant playground and the 'Labyrinth' play equipment in the Junior playground.
The School council look forward to reading more suggestions so that the pupils of Sunnyfields primary school can continue to play a positive role in the local and global community.
