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.
We met to reflect on the year and to make plans for September. The children like the timetables as they help us know what is coming up, all the sport, the arts provision and the snacks! They would love to see the introduction of friendship ambassadors to help children in the playground and would also love to fundraise to buy an outdoor library and outdoor art room!
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 which 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
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:
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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…
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Actions for next meeting:
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· 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
