School Council Update Autumn-Spring 2019-20
This first term has been a busy one for our School Council. Having been democratically elected into office by their peers, a boy and girl from each class has been acting on behalf of their classmates to represent their views, on a regular basis, with other children from year groups one to six.
This year’s School Council commitment has been to focus upon, not only making the lives of all that have a stake in our school better, but also in global terms, with global warming issues at the forefront of our minds. Drawing inspiration from such figures as Greta Thunberg, we have been considering how we at St Bernadette’s can make a difference ourselves. Moving on from tackling the issue of recycling paper, card and plastics, with new recycling bins and bags recently being employed in the first term, the Council has identified water waste as a new sphere of opportunity to address. The Council organised for a representative from the local water agency to lead an assembly to inform and educate us regarding water waste. From such, we are keen to promote a setting of water conservation at school and in our children’s homes. A poster competition is planned to raise awareness, with the winners’ images being chosen for display around the building.
Our councillors have been keen to further our power consumption and thus make a contribution into reducing our use of energy sources. They are actively empowered to monitor ways to conserve energy in simple ways such as turning off lights and closing doors to prevent unnecessary heat loss. The council would love to raise funds to install wind turbines or solar panels!
Regular meetings have also been a platform for all members of the school to offer their ideas, in the form of suggestion boxes, which are present in each class. From these, contemplated at every meeting, the Council has discussed the merits of numerous and creative ideas…we will keep you abreast of new actions as raised by our classes in future bulletins.
The idea of some members of the Council liaising with partner schools to share ideas and possibly collaborate in activities is currently being acted upon. The Council has been interested to further our understanding of other faiths. With this in mind visits/visitors to further a deeper understanding, tolerance and respect for other faiths are planned for the Summer term.
Each meeting throws up new ideas and ways to improve our time at St Bernadette’s school and our fantastic councillors are playing their part in making the difference!
Mr Lynn
School Council lead
