Meeting 14.1.14

 Everone present

School prayer.

Agenda.

Discussion of children surveys.

We discussed the values and qualities our classes thought are important in a head teacher. We looked at everybody’s responses and voted on which we thought were most important.

This has become our wish list!

Someone who...........

·         Is fun and can make our learning fun

·         Listens, respects and values everyone’s opinions

·         Is a good communicator

·         Is trustworthy. Someone we can rely on

·         Challenges us, but is also supportive

·         Is arty and creative

·         Is able to manage behaviour

·         Is approachable

·         Is sporty

·         Has lots of teaching experience   

        Action 

       A meeting has been arranged for the older members of school council to meet Mr Lavis and find out what qualities he has found to be the most important during his time as Head at BSM.

      Next meeting 21.1.14 to plan the questions for the candidates.

 

Minutes of the meeting 7.1.14

School council met today. A few changes have been made to the line up. Year 5 and 6 had a lot of responsibility with fundraising last term and so have kindly let others stand.
The new school members are  as follows,

Harry Manners, Y6 Chair person
Jamie Hall y5 Vice chair
Suranne Young  Y6  and Ellie,  Secretary and technical support.

Agenda.
School council role in the appointment of the new headteacher for our school.

 Action
Mr Phipps ( Chair of School governors) addressed the meeting and explained how important it will be for the interviewing panel to hear the pupil voice.
We agreed the school council would,

• Research what the children want in a new headteacher.
• Discuss with Mr Lavis what, he feels, makes a good headteacher at BSM.
• Devise a list of qualities and values we will be looking for.
• Create a list of questions to ask candidates.
• Design a feedback form we can use for our observations.

Everyone will be involved in the interviews and showing candidates around our school.
 Finally wediscussed the importance of our role and the need for confidentiality.