School Council
School Council Mission Statement
As a school we feel that it is essential that the children have an opportunity to shape the school that they attend. This has been made possible by the formation of the School Council. One child from each year group has been elected by their peers to represent their class. The council has an important role to play in the development and improvement of the school for the pupils.
The council meet regularly, each half-term to discuss matters or issues of interest to the children. These matters may include: the school environment, surrounding community or issues affecting the world they live in.
As a School Council we see ourselves as the voice of all of the pupils in our school. Our links with staff, parents, pupils, the governing body and community enable us to participate in decisions about how we are taught, what we learn, how we can improve the school for all of us and how we can bring success to our school.
If you have any good ideas for the school please let your School Council representative know and they can raise it at the next meeting. Our latest initiative is a tuckshop. The tuckshop is open every Friday. All items are 50p with a maximum spend of £1.
School Council 2023-2024
Our vision at Derwent Vale Primary and Nursery School is – every voice matters and should be heard.
In this school year we have achieved a great deal as a school council. During our first term we decided what kind of things we wanted to have throughout the school year, this included things such as: a Halloween disco, a pumpkin carving competition, whole-school trips, a colour run and new equipment for the school.
We have been working hard to improve communication between the fundraisers team and the school council, which meant that we were able to feed any ideas back to the fundraisers and organise lots of fun events for the school.
As a school council we were tasked with the job of organizing a whole-school event, using the funds from our previous Dazzling Dash, we all asked our peers for ideas of where we could go and we eventually came up with a plan, which was to visit Fusion in Carlisle. The whole day was lots of fun and everyone had a great time.
Sports day – the school council were instrumental in the organization of sports day, and some of the older school councilors even volunteered on the day to help the younger pupils. Careers day – the school council decided that a careers day would be a good idea to run for every class, we had lots of ideas of the people who we would like to get involved and we all had a great time hearing from different professionals.
Foodbank warehouse visit – during the school term the school councilors were lucky enough to be invited to visit the foodbank in Workington. While we were there we had the opportunity to package some food parcels for people who need them, and we had a tour of the site. The day was a great success and we were able to see where the donations from school went to and how they were put to good use!
Kindness award – the school council decided that we needed to do something which promoted kindness amongst pupils in school, and we came up with the idea of a ‘kindness award’, the award has brought the whole school together and pupils all love being nominated by their classmates for a certificate and a prize at the end of the week.
During the summer term we arranged our second annual colour run, all of the school councilors took part in the organization of the day, parents and carers were all invited to school and we had lots of fun throwing paint and enjoying the stalls and games set up by our school council and fundraising team.
We cannot wait to tell you about all the exciting events we have got planned for this school year!
2022/2023 School Council Report
