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Rochford Primary & Nursery School

South East Essex Academy Trust (SEEAT)

School Parliament

The School Parliament is composed of two representatives from each year group, who elect a chairperson, a secretary, a head of publicity and also fulfil other key committee roles. The School Parliament is designed to ensure that all pupils have a voice and are involved in decisions about the school that affect them. Through class discussions, all pupils have the opportunity to raise issues and share ideas. 

The School Parliament meet regularly and often run charity fundraising events.

It is the class representatives' jobs to :

Attend meetings regularly.

Talk to the children they represent and give their views to the SP.

Feedback from the SP to the children.

Make suggestions for change and have ideas to share with the SP.

 

School Parliament Action Plan

 

School Parliament 2023-24

 

 

Every fortnight the children put together their own minutes and these are displayed on our School Parliament board.

This year's School Parliament members are:

 

Red Class - Evie and Chloe

Orange Class - Ivy and Hudson

Yellow Class - Max and Laila

Purple Class - Ati and Cecelia

Green Class - Alexander  Sultaana

Blue Class - Rosie and Evelyn

 

  

School Parliament Roles

 

 

This year's School Parliament Cabinet Roles:  

Prime Minister: Ati

Deputy PM: Rosie

Publicity Manager: Hudson

Fundraising & Finance Ministers: Alexander & Max

Wellbeing Ministers: Evelyn + Laila

Environment Minister: Cece

 Behaviour Minister: Evie

Creativity Minister: Sultanna

Teaching & Learning Ministers: Chloe & Ivy

 

 Menu Choices

 

Mrs Nolan (our Catering Manager) asked us to taste test a new chicken dish as a possible menu option. The children liked the look of it, saying it looked ‘crispy’ and ‘like KFC’! 10 children tasted it and all of them thoroughly enjoyed it, voting for it to go onto the menu. Some children were concerned it might not be a healthy option. Mrs. Nolan reassured us that it is a healthy dish.

Parliament members are collecting votes from their class mates to decide whish dish the new chicken option will replace. 

 

Democracy in Action

 

 

Our Key Stage 2 children, along with whole school staff, were able to cast their votes in deciding who our new Prime Minister would be. 

 

School Parliament Minutes

 Taste testing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over the past month the school council have been helping the kitchen staff to design a new lunch menu. They have voted for dishes and today got to taste test a new recipe for chicken noodles. The children loved it and all gave it a thumbs up to go on the menu! 

 

 

Date of meeting: 15/9/23

Present:

Red – Evie and Chloe

Orange – Hudson and Ivy

Yellow – Laila and Max

Purple – Ati and Cece

Green – Alexander and Sultaana

Blue – Rosie and Evelyn

 

We discussed:

How the new School Parliament will work…

The council are very excited school council will change to a ‘School Parliament’. We how this could be organised…

 

There will be:

·        Prime Minister

·        Deputy Prime Minister – writes notes

·        Publicity managers x 2

·        Fundraising ministers x 2

·        Well being ministers x 2

·        Environment minister

·        Behaviour minister

·        Creativity minister

·        Teaching and learning minister

 

We discussed what each role involved and they nominated themselves for roles they would like.

 

Pupils wishing to be in the election for Prime Minster thought about why people should vote for them! The voting will happen next week…

 

Actions for next meeting:

·         Minutes to be shared with Mrs Watkins to put on website

·         Email Mr Owen our ideas

Date of meeting: 23/6/23

Present:

Red - Isabella and George

Orange - Freddie and Freya

Yellow - Jack and Skye

Purple - Zoey and Olivia

Green - Leighton

Blue - Toby and Max

 

We discussed:

Changing School Council for September 23 The council love Mr Owen’s idea of changing school council to a ‘School Parliament’. We discussed ideas about how this could be organised and looked on the I pad at different structures used by other schools. These are the responses and ideas agreed… · We will have a school parliament. · People put themselves forward if they want to join. · They put a small presentation together for their class about why they should be chosen. · Everyone votes. Two are chosen with the most votes. · The head boy / girl will not be in the parliament as the council felt they already have many jobs. · They want to collaborate more with Eco / sports and Arts council. There will be: · Prime Minister · Deputy Prime Minister – writes notes · Publicity managers x 2 · Fundraising ministers x 2 · Well being ministers x 2 · Environment minister · Behaviour minister · Creativity minister · Teaching and learning minister

Actions for next meeting:

· Minutes to be shared with Mrs Watkins to put on website · Email Mr Owen our ideas

 

Date of meeting: 31/3/23

Present:

Red - Isabella and George

Orange - Freddie and Freya

Yellow - Jack and Skye

Purple - Zoey and Olivia

Green - Bobby and Leighton

Blue - Toby and Max

 Special guest: Florence (designer of elephant)

 We discussed:

Herd in the City We discussed possible names for our elephant. The council made lists and Florence helped pick a name and organise a blub about our elephant. Name Shortlist Daisy Be yourself Joy Positive Name: Joy Blurb Our elephant was designed to make people smile and to show how proud we are to be part of Rochford Primary School. The positive messages will cheer people up if they are having a bad day and help them to develop a growth mindset. We hope our elephant brings joy to everyone!

Actions for next meeting:

Minutes to be shared with Mrs Watkins to put on website · Email to be sent tot tell organisers the information and name.

Date of meeting: 12/1/23

Date of meeting: 4/11/22

Date of meeting: 7/10/22

Date of meeting: 23/9/22

 

 

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