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.