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School Council

Our School Councillors and Ambassadors are responsible for:

  • 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 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.”

School Council News

  • 24th October 2024

    KS1 and KS2 Cast Their Votes

    KS1 and KS2 Cast Their Votes

    Southwold heard presentations from Head Boy and Head Girl candidates before casting their votes. The candidates shared their manifestos and reasons why they would be the best leaders! Results from…

    24th October 2024
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 20th June 2024

    School Council Share Successes Of 2024

    School Council Share Successes Of 2024

    Our School Council had a productive cross-site meeting, sharing successes and events like writing competitions and Bake Off's. After a tour of Southwold to see best practices, the councillors reflected…

    20th June 2024
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 17th April 2024

    Spooky Story Competition

    Spooky Story Competition

    COMPETITION TIME! Our School Council are calling to all children to write a spooky story - with a 250 word limit. One winner from each year group will be selected…

    17th April 2024
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 24th January 2024

    School Council First Meeting Of 2024

    School Council First Meeting Of 2024

    Our School Council met together for their first meeting of the year. They shared their future goals for this term and discussed the minutes from their class sessions on road…

    24th January 2024
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 12th December 2023

    School Council Meeting

    School Council Meeting

    Our School Councillors met together to share their meeting minutes from their class sessions. They discussed how problem and praise is used effectively in the playground and in class.

    12th December 2023
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 22nd November 2023

    School Coucillors First Cross-Site Meeting

    School Coucillors First Cross-Site Meeting

    School councillors from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton met up for their first Cross-Site School Council meeting of the year. They discussed matters arising, shared best practice from their schools and…

    22nd November 2023
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 12th October 2023

    Pupil Voice Fayre 2023

    Pupil Voice Fayre 2023

    Southwold's Pupil Voice Fayre was a roaring success with everyone leaving motivated to apply for a pupil voice job at school. Ambassadors from last year spoke to the pupils about…

    12th October 2023
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 15th September 2023

    Year 4 Class Council Meeting

    Year 4 Class Council Meeting

    Year 4 held their first class council meeting of the new academic year. They discussed future goals and targets, ensuring all voices were heard!

    15th September 2023
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 28th April 2023

    Crown Competition – Friday 5th May

    Crown Competition – Friday 5th May

    On Friday 5th May, we are inviting children to make a crown and wear it to school to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. The school council will pick…

    28th April 2023
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 23rd March 2023

    School Council Cross-Site Meeting

    School Council Cross-Site Meeting

    School Councillors from across Viridis Federation gathered for their termly cross-site meeting. The Councillors discussed a range of events they have organised and participated in and have suggested ideas for…

    23rd March 2023
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 19th October 2022

    Hackney Town Hall Visit

    Hackney Town Hall Visit

    Southwold's school council enjoyed their visit to Hackney Town Hall where they started off the day touring inside the hall. They then explored the council chambers and were taken underground…

    19th October 2022
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 5th October 2022

    Pupil Voice Fayre

    Pupil Voice Fayre

    KS1 and KS2 enjoyed attending their pupil voice fayre this week. The hall was filled with many stalls where they had the chance to speak to the Year 6 ambassadors…

    5th October 2022
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 2nd February 2022

    School Council Brainstorm Ideas for a Hackney Council Competition

    School Council Brainstorm Ideas for a Hackney Council Competition

    In our School Council's most recent meeting, the children brainstormed Winter Gritter Truck names for a local competition organised by Hackney Council. The children had the task of creating names…

    2nd February 2022
    jbrowne

  • 11th May 2021

    ABQM Cross-Site Meeting

    ABQM Cross-Site Meeting

    Last week our Anti-Bullying Quality Mark (ABQM) pupil group met. The group is made up of representatives from a cross section of pupil voice groups including school councillors and digital…

    11th May 2021
    bshore

  • 24th September 2019

    Southwold Pupil Voice Fayre!

    Southwold Pupil Voice Fayre!

    Last week Southwold hosted the annual pupil voice fair to explore the responsibilities children might like to lead on this  year. Children visited different stalls in the hall to talk…

    24th September 2019
    bshore

  • 20th November 2018

    Viridis School Council Meeting

    Viridis School Council Meeting

    The Viridis School Council meet termly. This week the school councils from the three Viridis schools met at Orchard to discuss the work they have been doing this term. After…

    20th November 2018
    agaughan

  • 19th October 2018

    Democracy Day

    Democracy Day

    This week we had our Democracy Day where the new class and school councillors were elected. Councillor Ian Rathbone came into school to talk to the children about the important…

    19th October 2018
    agaughan