Friday 29th April

Today we interviewed the candidates who were hoping to become our new head teacher. We saw five people and asked each one a selection of our questions. We were very impressed with all the candidates and the way they answered our questions and talked positively about our school and it's future.We really enjoyed being part of this important process and would like to wish everyone who attended the very best for the future.

Minutes of the meeting 18.4.16

Every one present
Ronnie led the school prayer

Agenda
Interview questions
Confidentiality and good manners.

We discussed all the qualities we were looking for in our new head teacher. Then we thought about what questions we needed to ask the candidates to find out if they were suitable. We created a list of our favourite questions and discussed what would be good /not so good responses.
We talked about how the interviews should be conducted and how important it is to be polite and respectful and not to talk about the process after the interviews.

Ronnie thanked everyone for coming.
Next meeting....Agree on pairings and practise questioning.

minutes of the meeting 11.4.16

Apologies from Conor (abs)
School prayer
Welcome

Agenda
Feedback on class questionnaire.
Interview with Mrs Brown.

Each class contributed the three most important qualities their class had decided upon. After some discussion we agreed on the following wishlist.
Someone who...........

·         Is fun and can make our learning fun

·         Listens, respects and values everyone and their opinions

·         Is a good communicator/teacher

·         Is trustworthy. Someone we can rely on to care about us and our school

·         Challenges and inspires us, but is also supportive

·         Is a good technician, musical, arty and creative

·         Is able to manage behaviour, but not too strict

·         Will organise exciting whole school activities

·         Is sporty

Spends money wisely

We then invited Mrs Brown to consider our thoughts and add what she felt was important. She said that first and foremost you must love working with children and their families. A knowledge and understanding of the law, health and safety, up to date curriculum and assessment recommendations are also essential. She felt a clear vision, and the Christian values of service courage, perseverance, hope humility etc underpin making the school successful.
 Good I.T.skills and a sense of humour also help!

Minutes of meeting 21.3.16

Every one present

We welcomed our new Reception Class representatives onto School Council, Elena and Connor.

Agenda
School Council's part in the process of finding a new Head teacher for our school.

We discussed how important it is that the children of our school have a say in the appointment of the new Head teacher. We agreed that school council could help by....

• Completing a questionnaire in each class, asking what qualities and skills children want in their head teacher.
• Interviewing Mrs. Brown to find what she thinks are the most important skills necessary in a head teacher, and what our school needs to take it forward.
• Creating a wishlist
• Devising questions that will enable us to appreciate the qualities of each candidate.
• Showing candidates around
• Inreviewing candidates
• Feeding back to the adult interviewing panel.

The meeting closed with members filling in their own ideas of what makes a good head teacher and then taking questionnaires to their own classes to lead discussions there.
Further action. Mrs Rees will submit our plans to the Chair of Governors.

Minutes of meeting 11.1.16

Everyone present.
The School prayer

Agenda  The School Charter.

Action. We discussed the School Charter. Everyone was very familiar with their own class charter. We discussed the importance of having a whole school Charter in a prominant position so that all children, staff and visitrors would understand what is important to us as a school.
We thought we would like to create an A1 size poster with the Rights and Responsibilities clearly written. Reference should be made to the UNCRC article that each right relates to. As some of our younger children are not yet reading we felt it would be a good idea to include photographs of children demonstrating positive attitudes and behaviour to display alongside each point.
We discussed possible opportrunities to obtain these photos.

handing over the blog

At the school council meeting today, Olivia and I (Josie) took over responsibility of the school council blog.
Minutes of the meeting 23.11.15
Everyone present.
School prayer, led by Ronnie(the chair person.
Agenda

• matters arising
• training on the blog

Riley,Molly and Keeley brought their posters for the buddy bench.

Playground equipment was discussed,it was decided that before anymore is purchased children need to be reminded to respect the equipment that we have already.We decided school council could talk to the children about this.

minutes by Olivia and Josie.

Minutes of the meeting 16.11.15

Darcy and Gracie absent, evryone else present
The School Prayer
Agenda

• Report for Governors
• Children in Need Counting the money 

We discussed the actions of School Council this year so far. We highlighted the impact the School Council is having on us, the school, the community and the wider world. It is clear that everyone on the Council feels proud to be representing the children's voice. All are keen to make a positive difference to the lives of others and feel they are benefiting personally by developing skills of listening, communicating, discussing, resolving problems and devising creative solutions and plans.
A report was compiled for the School governors.

AOB
Y5 School Council feel that the children's voice is often more influential than adults! Josie felt it would be a good idea to put messages from School Council in the School Newsletter. She would like the issues of head lice and parking to be addressed straight away.
Y5 Kieran has been saddened by the tragic events in Paris this weekend. He felt it would be nice to hold a minutes silence just to show solidarity with the people of France.
Y4 Would like to see a more developed buddy bench and quiet sitting area for playtime. Everyone was keen to produce posters for the Buddy Bench.

Finally Ronnie and Keeley counted out the Children in Need money and found we had raised an amazing £162.26.