- Setting the weekly agendas for class council meeting.
- Undertaking the weekly school council meetings.
- Defining key projects across the year and set actions to achieve goals.
- Undertaking parent tours, visitor tours and host other key events.
Our School Council meetings are run by the Head Girl and Head Boy, who were elected during Democracy Day. Also supporting the Head Girl and Head Boy to lead the School Council, are the Secretary and the Treasurer. Their roles are to take minutes from the meetings and email them out to staff and to take responsibility for the school council budget for the year.
School Council meetings take place every other week and include time spent listening to feedback from Class Council meetings based on a set agenda and then discussing and sharing ideas. The School Council also decide on items for discussion during the next Class Council meeting and run a number of competitions throughout the year.
Southwold School Council Meeting Minutes
Cross-site School Council Meeting Minutes
Annual Summaries
A summary of 2023 – 2024
This year, the School Council shone as leaders, championing key school initiatives. From raising the profile of reading with creative competitions like Mini Library, Book Corner, and Story Writing (with winning entries sent to Young Writers), to organising an exciting Easter Bonnet competition and a successful bake sale to fund school enrichment. They promoted a kinder school community with powerful Anti-Bullying campaigns, including Odd Socks Day, raising funds for The Anti-Bullying Alliance. Their efforts have left a lasting impact, making our school a vibrant, inclusive, and inspiring place to learn!
A summary of 2022 – 2023
This year the School Council encouraged the importance of a friendly school community by promoting ‘Anti-Bullying’ initiatives. They defined what bullying means, and identified the differences between an ‘unkind’ action and ‘bullying’ to encourage the correct usage of the word. They concluded that ‘Bullying is when you are continuously unkind but just being mean once is not.’ The School Council also shared ways in which children can be nicer to one another and how to report unkind incidents. For Anti-Bullying Week, the School Council encouraged everyone to wear odd socks in support of the 2022 ‘Odd Socks Day’ theme of ‘Reaching Out’ – which encouraged children to reach out to someone who is subjected to experiencing unkind actions.
A summary of 2021 – 2022
This year the School Council focussed on promoting regular attendance, celebrating and appreciating diversity within families and communities, and encouraging a ‘greener’ society, in collaboration with the Eco Team. Action items saw the children holding regular assemblies for KS1 and KS2 to promote eco-friendly initiatives and activities in and around the school, such as using reusable water bottles, and switching off lights and electronic items when not in use. The School Council also held assemblies promoting attendance, by encouraging three slogans within the school; ‘Don’t be late to write the date! Go to school daily, it’s smart.’, ‘Missing school = Missing out!’ and ‘Rise and shine, you’ll get there on time.”
