What is the School Council?

At Great Linford Primary School, the School Council are a team of 10 students from Years 2-6 who are involved in shaping the way that the school is run and developed. Miss. Parish helps the School Council organise their plans and come up with ideas for the school. In order to become a member of school council, each child had to tell their class why they wanted to join. The votes were collected democratically with the children casting their votes based on who they thought would do the best job. 

What do we do?

We meet every Monday afternoon with Miss. Parish in order to discuss our latest projects and share ideas. As a group, we all bring ideas from our class mates about how to improve our school and discuss this during our meeting. Each person in the group has an important role from voicing ideas to writing the meeting minutes as the group secretary. We decide as a group the best projects to take forward because we think about the impact that they will have on the children in our school!

Our Aims:

• To help the school to thrive in new projects that we undertake.
• To ensure that our school community is strong and everyone is happy.
• To allow the voices of all the children to be heard via collecting views from our class.

Future Projects:

We have lots of projects and ideas for the future. Here are just a few:

• Parliament week - The school council will be taking part in some additional debating and role play activities during UK Parliament week in November! Watch the news page for updates.
• Learning walks- Each child on school council will have the chance to walk around different classrooms to see the learning taking place. We will be trained to recognise signs of being in a high learning zone and engaging with learning.

Meet The Team

Chair Person Darcy - Year 6 
"I want the school to thrive and for all opinions to be listened to."

Vice Chair Person
Poppy - Year 6 
"I want to keep our community safe and ensure messages are passed on."

Secretary
Jessica- Year 5
​"I should step up and help others."

Alice - Year 5 
"I want to make sure that the school is a happy place."

Sophie - Year 4 
​"I wanted the chance to tell my class why I should be in school council."

Nana - Year 4 
"I want to make the school a better place."

Lily - Year 3 
"I want to help everyone feel comfortable."

Rowland- Year 3 
"I hope that I can make a difference to the school."

Angel-Rae - Year 2 
"Hopefully I can carry out learning walks."

Juliette- Year 2 
"I wanted a chance to meet with older children at school."