Present; Ellie-Rose Connolly, Toryn Connor, Tom Webb, Luke Gilpin, Layla Stewart Eva Wilson, Jessica Agnew, Oscar Overend and Jonah Smyth
Mr McClean, Miss McClelland and Mr Blevins (visiting)
Councillors were welcomed and congratulated. They received a little notebook each to be able to use to record or make notes.
We explained that we should elect officers and how we might conduct business via voting – One councillor – one vote.
We asked for candidates for Chairperson – they stood and spoke why they felt they should be chosen it fell to two candidates who were cordially elected;
Next we considered the need for secretaries to help create the paperwork and write letters and minutes of our meetings. This again fell to three candidates and the result was;
With officers elected – we moved to looking at what our role was as a council?
We decided to set up a Constitution;
The Constitution was agreed by consensus throughout;
· Our Aim as a council is to help make the school a better place for all
· The rules/management of our council inc;
We will ask our class for their ideas and feelings on things in our school
We will record ideas and bring them to the council to discuss
We will bring appropriate, sensible ideas that benefit the school
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We will never refer to a specific person in anything that we have issue with
We are the voice of the pupils in our school
Mr Blevins then visited and again congratulated the pupils on their election and reminded them that they were indeed the voice of the school. He then took time to listen to the initial stages of the constitution that the pupils were creating. Finally he expressed his hopes and looked forward to working with the council.
The councillors were then distributed a questionnaire from Mr Blevins which questioned how they felt in school. As a council we read through it and looked at possible answers and ways we might record responses.
Councillors were then asked to bring this back to their class and teacher.
Remind their teacher that they had already advice on this from Mr Blevins in an email
Then create a response which could be returned to the council by the next meeting on Tuesday 5th Dec. same location at 12.10
