School Council minutes Nov 6th 2012

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Meeting 6th November.

Everyone present.

Phoebe led the school prayer.

Agenda

Preparation for shoe box launch:

Parts given out for assembly for 9th November.

Children in need:

Wrist bands to be ordered.

Non school uniform with a spotty theme.

Poppies:

Poppies to be sold everyday. for November 16th

Litter rota:

Jasmine and Quinn shared the new rota.
 

School Council Minutes Oct 25 2012

Minutes of meeting 25.10.12


Phoebe led the school prayer and welcomed everyone.

Eben absent.

Agenda

*Shoe box appeal:

We agreed the shoebox appeal needs to start immedialtly after half
term. School Council will prepare an asembly to introduce it.


*Blogging:
Liam is going to start to email minutes onto the blog.

A.O.B.

Lunch times are still a problem with not knowing when to go in .
We

discuced this and agreed to try the whistle method

Meeting 9.10.12

Minutes.
Everyone present.
School prayer
Agenda.

• Lunchtime activities
• Charities
• playtime snacks.

Lunchtimes are still not as much fun as we would like. Most children agreed they did not want to sign up for activities but would prefer things going on that they could dip in and out of. As the weather is beginning to deteriorate lots of children would like inside activities such as quiet reading, drawing or computers. Maybe one dinner lady could be inside to supervise these activities?
The lunch play club has been very successful.
Also children would like a set time to know when they should be going to lunch and a bell or a signal so everyone knows.
School Council would like to support Children in Need and The shoebox appeal. We also wondered if we could donate some money to the hospital that is currently caring for Jack.
Playtime snacks. Several reps reported that healthy lunchtime snacks are slipping, especially in KS2. We decided that each classes school councillors would make a poster reminding children that playtime snacks should be fruit or vegetables only. Also if fruit was left over in KS1 it should be sent up to KS2 so that none is wasted.
AOB No matters arising.
Phoebe closed the meeting and thanked everyone for coming.

Meeting 25th September

As  Liam was absent Mrs Rees took minutes and will update blog.

Present.
Everyone except Liam.

Phoebe led us in the school prayer.
Agenda.
Response from Friends of school.
Request from Mrs. Gibson re playground equipment.

Phoebe read out the lovely letter from 'Friends of school' agreeing to financing the extra lunch trolley and the chairs for year 4. They also asked us to start to gather ideas from all the classes for Christmas presents. We liked this idea!

Mrs.Gibson has also asked school council for their help in choosing equipment for play times. We discussed that suggestions would have to take safety, durability and lack of space into consideration.
Initial ideas included Big lego or building bricks, big drawing boards, stronger hula hoops and KS2 dressing up clothes.
Action.
All S.C. reps will gather ideas from their classes for Christmas presents and playground equipment for the next meeting.

A.O.B. None.
Phoebe thanked everyone for coming.

New School Year

Welcome everyone to another year at Blandford St Mary Primary School!
 This blog keeps you up to date with the activities of School Council. If you have anything at all that you would like us to discuss or deal with please let your representatives know. We are here to be your voice in the decision making of the school.

First Meeting. 11th September.
Minutes.
 Full attendance.   Year 6    Phoebe Upward, Liam tuck,
Year 5 Anna Sorrentino,  Adam Oxtoby.
Year 4 Ellen Spicer,  Eben Gates.
Year 3  Jasmine Upward,  Quinn Peters.
Year 2  Sophie Hopcroft,   Alfie Swindell.
Year 1  Oliver Hart,   Emily Keep.

Agenda
Election of Chairperson, Vice chair, Secretary/blogger
Approach to Friends of school for vital items.

Nominations were invited for Chair and Phoebe was elected unanimously!
 Eben and Ellen agreed to share the role of Vice Chair.
Liam and Alfie were keen to take on Secretarial duties and particularly the blog.
Thank you all.

We discussed matters outstanding from last year and in particular the problem of not having a lunch trolley for each year group in KS2.
We composed a letter to friends of school asking them if they would kindly give us the money to buy one.
Eben and Ellen thought we could also ask for some comfortable chairs for year 4s reading corner.
This started everyone thinking what they would like in their classrooms!

Action
Anna is going to write up the letter for Mrs Rees to present.
Date of next meeting 25th September.

Meeting 15.5.12

Everyone present.
Chair Georgia opened with the school prayer  asking God to be with us and guide us  in our decision making.

Agenda.
Information about Network meeting on Thursday 24th May.
New litter rota.
A.O.B.

We discussed role of the Network Schools Council meetings and felt it would be a good opportunity to plan some olympic events with other schools. Georgia and Phoebe agreed to attend.

Litter Rota. Eben and Ellen volunteered to create a new rota. Phoebe and Liam agreed to find all the equipment and store it conveniently.
AOB. Well done to the classes that brought their suggestion cards with them!
Y6 Wanted to remind Mr Lavis that they will be needing a gazebo for the common room outside area as soon as the weather gets better!
Y5 Would like ICT to be back on the list of lunchtime options.
Y4 and R suggested the basket ball hoops are moved away from the F2 windows. We discussed the best place for them and felt a corner of the astro would be best. Mrs Rees to take this on.
Y 3 Still concerned with some behaviour at lunchtime. They suggested a new and improved lunchtime charter.
We all agreed this could be a project for School Council after half term.
Georgia thanked everyone for coming.

New School Council.

Meeting 1.5.12
This week we have held elections in our classes and voted for representatives to stand on our new School Council.
We held our first meeting today. We started by praying together. Then we introduced ourselves and elected Georgia as new chair-person and  Phoebe as vice chair. Liam and Adam volunteered as secretaries and technical support and  will now take on responsibility for the blog!
We spent some time discussing the role of school council and how we think we can work together to make our contribution to school improvement. Every one agreed how important it is that the children have a say in decisions made affecting our school and community.

We are eager to get started!