School Council

The Wimborne St Giles School Council is group of children who were elected to represent the views of all children and to improve their school. Our School Council does a number of things:

· The School Council meets - usually with a teacher present - to discuss ways to make our school even better. These may include school lunches, improving the facilities or ideas for fundraising events.

· Members of the School Council are responsible for carrying out the ideas that have been agreed, such as planning events, writing newspaper articles, or meeting with catering staff.

The School Council represents the views of all children and gets things done.

These are some things that make our School Council effective:

· Regular meetings

Valuing everyone and their contributions

· A council that is not too big

· Good communication between representatives and their class

Who are the School Councillors?
Every year we run an election campaign to vote for two new representatives for each class. A good representative will speak at the council meetings about things that their class is interested in. They will also tell their class about what is going on in the council meetings and put the minutes up in the classroom.

Glossary

We try to be very professional in the council so we use a lot of business words. Hopefully this will help.

Agenda - a list of things to talk about
Councillor - someone who has been voted for to work for their class mates on the school council
Minutes - the notes taken during a meeting so people can see what goes on
Motion - an idea for the council to discuss