School Councils and Pupil Voice
At Giles Brook, we value the input from our children.
Our School Councils meet each half term with lead teachers to discuss the ideas they have for taking our school forward and how this can be managed and delivered. They then take responsibility for disseminating any follow ups or action to their classes, speaking out in assemblies and reporting back as to how initiatives are working. At times, our Council representatives also meet with our School Governors.
Our School Councils meet each half term with lead teachers to discuss the ideas they have for taking our school forward and how this can be managed and delivered. They then take responsibility for disseminating any follow ups or action to their classes, speaking out in assemblies and reporting back as to how initiatives are working. At times, our Council representatives also meet with our School Governors.
School Council
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Each year, at the beginning of the Autumn Term, children from Year 1 to Year 6 are invited to present a manifesto to their class based upon their ideas for developing our school. Their classmates then vote for the child who has presented the most effective ideas and who they think will represent their views and share these effectively with school leaders. One member from each class is elected.
Our School Council meet regularly with Ms. Williamson. They support our school behaviour code through being a model of good behaviour in their classes and around the school. They observe at the end of our Celebration assemblies and ensure children leave quietly, presenting certificates to the most respectful class. They regularly support our Friends Association events raising money during Christmas and Summer fayres, organising charity events and leading fundraising. They were really pleased with their recent fundraising day for Children in Need 2021 - everyone wore their onesies or pyjamas for the day and we raised an amazing £690.75 for this great cause! During Anti-bullying week, the School Council also helped teachers to share and present information and worked to heighten awareness around our school. In the past, our school council has visited the Houses of Parliament in London and met our local MPs. We hope that we will be able to do some more things like this soon. |
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Eco Council
Our Eco Council are elected in the Autumn Term by their peers.
A message from our Eco Council:-
As members of the Eco Council we help to look after the school environment, to save electricity and water. Everyday, two members of the Eco Council are in charge of keeping our playground tidy and collecting any litter. It is a tough job so please help us by putting your litter in the bin. When you leave a room, be sure to turn off the lights, the projector and anything else that is using electricity and not being used. We need to look after our resources. Remember to recycle too! Each class has two bins - rubbish goes in one bin and paper in the other - don't mix them up! Thank you.
The Eco Council developed a more global understanding of recycling when they visited Milton Keynes Recycling Centre. They found out how rubbish was sorted and then reduced, reused and recycled and even had their photos added to the centres new brochure! They have brought this knowledge back into school to improve what we do at Giles Brook. In Autumn 2021, our Eco Council took part in the 'Plant a tree' Campaign with the Parks Trust and Mrs. Fox. They are now busy working on recycling old pens with Mrs. McCullough - don't throw these away! - the Eco Council have lots of plans as these can be recycled and reused!
If you have any suggestions as to how we can care further for our environment and our school, please let us know. Look out for our Eco Council board in school, opposite the IT suite.
A message from our Eco Council:-
As members of the Eco Council we help to look after the school environment, to save electricity and water. Everyday, two members of the Eco Council are in charge of keeping our playground tidy and collecting any litter. It is a tough job so please help us by putting your litter in the bin. When you leave a room, be sure to turn off the lights, the projector and anything else that is using electricity and not being used. We need to look after our resources. Remember to recycle too! Each class has two bins - rubbish goes in one bin and paper in the other - don't mix them up! Thank you.
The Eco Council developed a more global understanding of recycling when they visited Milton Keynes Recycling Centre. They found out how rubbish was sorted and then reduced, reused and recycled and even had their photos added to the centres new brochure! They have brought this knowledge back into school to improve what we do at Giles Brook. In Autumn 2021, our Eco Council took part in the 'Plant a tree' Campaign with the Parks Trust and Mrs. Fox. They are now busy working on recycling old pens with Mrs. McCullough - don't throw these away! - the Eco Council have lots of plans as these can be recycled and reused!
If you have any suggestions as to how we can care further for our environment and our school, please let us know. Look out for our Eco Council board in school, opposite the IT suite.
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Our Eco Code
Everyone can pitch in and help Change our bad habits Our future needs it! Switch on to switching off Care for our local environment Help to keep our school litter free Only throw what cannot be recycled or reused Only use resources that are necessary Let’s get active! |
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Arts Council
Our School Arts Council was formed during our bid for ArtsMark status. We now have a group of children who represent art in many ways - from music to drama, dance to painting and drawing – they all have a talent and an interest in the arts in one way or another and act as ambassadors for the arts in our school.
This Autumn Term 2021, the Arts Council have been looking at the use of sketchbooks with our lead teacher, Miss Mack.
This Autumn Term 2021, the Arts Council have been looking at the use of sketchbooks with our lead teacher, Miss Mack.
