Welcome to our School Council webpage!
Our School Council is a hard working team made up of two representatives from each class. Leading our passionate and motivated team are our two fantastic school Prime Ministers from Amethyst Class (Year 6).
At our amazing school EVERY pupil's voice matters. The School Council works hard to represent every pupil within our school community. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) says that children and young people should have a say in decisions that affect their lives. Our school council provides a meaningful way in which pupils can voice their opinions and have their views taken into account in decisions that impact upon them. We are extremely proud of this at Netherfield!
What makes our School Council successful?
Our School Council is one that represents the views of all pupils and gets things done. To enable us to be successful we.....
- Have a weekly meeting.
- Have a council that is not too big.
- Have leaders within our council - two Prime Ministers with specific duties.
- Have fantastic communication between our representatives and their classes.
- Have systems for all pupils to commuincate to the school council.
- Use Class Dojo and the school newlstters to communicate with parents and carers.
- Are motivated, passionate, creative and driven.
School Council Election - September 2024. Election fever hits Netherfield!
At the beginning of September our School Council election was launched! During Collective Worship the children learnt about the role of the School Council, the qualities that would be needed to be a school councillor, how the election process would happen and some of their key responsibilities throughout the year.
Then the fun started.... the children had two weeks to run their election campaigns! There was an election buzz throughout the school and we saw badges, posters, songs, stickers and power points. Some candidates even had election campaign managers! The children of Netherfield showed how dedicated, special and unique they are!
The Year 6 candidates who were running for school Prime Minitser did a speech to the whole school explaining why we should vote for them. They were sensational! They also wrote to Mrs. Collins, our Head teacher, to explain why they were the right person for the job.
ALL the children who put themselves forward were incredible. Their courage, vision, confidence and commitment to making our school even better was inspiring.
Then came election day, the children voted in their classes for the class representatives and the whole school voted for the Prime Minisiters. The votes were counted and the results were in!
We now have our fantastic School Council for the next year!
Projects so far this year:
- Organised suggestion boxes for every classroom - every voice matters at Netherfield! We check these boxes every week at our weekly meetings. We love acting on the pupil voice!
- Arranged 'Children in Need 2024'. We sold Pudsey merchandise on the playground before school every day for a week. On Friday 15th November we had a spotty, stripey and colourful mufti day, and brought in loose coins to try and cover Pudsey, and we did! We also had a 'Pudsey Bandana Competition' where children had the challenge of designing a new bandana for Pudsey! Mrs. Bryant and Miss. Armstrong judged the competition and the winner won a cuddly Pudsey. We raised a MASSIVE £607.71 and our very proud of ourselves!
- Arranged 'Love in a Box 2024'. The School Council are OVER THE MOON to announce that Netherfield School has collected a MASSIVE .....88 boxes of love!! And 26 packs of nappies! Thank you to everyone who donated a box. You have changed Christmas for so many children! Once again, the children and families of Netherfield school have shown our vision, ‘Love Never Fails’. We collect boxes for ‘Living Life Eastbourne’ who distribute the boxes in Croatia. We are very proud of ourselves!
- Kept parents and carers updated with posts on Class Dojo, Tapestry, School Newsletters and Ping.
- Kept our corridor display board updated with all our projects!
