minutes of the meeting 26.5.17

Y6 absent from meeting
Everyone else present.

School prayer

Agenda; Farewell to Zachery
We thanked Zachery for all the work and commitment he has put into school council. He has been an exemplary member of our team, always positive, polite and eager to take responsibility and make a difference. We will miss you Zachery!

AOB
Y5 Have raised concern that some people's bags have been opened. Mr. Carter has been dealing with this. School Council would like to offer to be cloakroom monitors at play time and lunchtime.
Action. Shelby. Lloyd and Mrs Rees will make up a monitor rota first week after half term.

Charlotte has raised a worry that as the weather gets hotter more shade will be needed outside. Again Mr Carter is aware and dealing with this. A water station has been set up for now.

Minutes of the meeting 12.5.17

The  new school prayer
Everyone present.

Agenda

• Arrangements for interviews of new staff.
• Questions for the new teachers.

As Mrs Rees is retiring soon there will be need for a new teacher at our school. Next week there will be interviews. School council have been asked to conduct tours of the school and provide some questions to ask the candidates.
Everyone volunteered to be guides! We chose two pairs; Lois and Harrison, and Shelby and Freya.
We thought about what a new person would need to know during their tours; school values, daily timetable, clubs and activities, collective worship and celebration assemblies, our grounds and how we keep safe.

Then we discussed the questions we would like to ask and chose the following five.........
What teaching experience have you had, and how do you make learning exciting?
We have five school values. What values are most important to you?
How would you show love for your students?
How would you manage inappropriate behaviour?
What do you know about our school and how would you make it even better?

Mrs Rees thanked everyone for their positive contributions.

minutes of the meeting 5.5.17

Everyone present
The school prayer.
We discussed the important new addition to the prayer, 'Help us to know and reflect Your love.....'
We agreed that we should try to love others in the way that God loves us; the way that Jesus showed love.
Agenda
Feedback from the Values Launch.

This has been an important week for the school with the launch of the new school values.
We discussed how the values have been introduced and the impact we think it will have on the school.
Charlotte; Opening the parcels was a surprise! It made us think how important the values are.
Zachery ; I think the values will improve behaviour in the school because people will know what they are and take them seriously.
Charlotte ; Everyone is talking about the values. It will keep them in our minds.
Shelby and Lloyd;  We like HOPE. It helps you think about the future.
Hudson; The values give you something to focus on.
Harrison; If you know the values you are more likely to do them.
ChuYan; They help to keep you positive.
Charlotte; The banners will be big! They will make us think, 'How can I be good and kind today?'
Mia; The banners will help teachers remind children how to behave.
Hudson; The tokens make you want to be good! I really want to earn tokens!
We agreed unanimously that the five values were a good choice.

Making a difference!

Four representatives from school Council met with Mr Carter and local councillors to express our concerns about the traffic on Birch Avenue. Lois, Charlotte, Zachery and Mia all explained the problems we are facing daily.
As a result of our meeting, councillors have agreed to put certain provision in place including an increased number of signs. Our community police officer is also offereing increased vigilence at peak times. We would like to thank eeveryone for listening to, and acting on, our concerns.

Minutes of the meeting 22.3.17

Everyone present.
Lois led the school prayer.
 Agenda
School Council have been approached as there is growing concern for the safety of our children due to traffic on Birch Avenue.

School Council agreed unanimously that we are worried for our safety.
The following incidents of dangerous driving have been witnessed;

• parking on the yellow lines and zigzags
• parking on the roundabout, on grass verges, pavements and across drives
• Speeding
• drivers trying to push past each other

Lois reminded everyone that we have made posters before but after a short time of improvement the problems have returned.
We discussed what we can do. We would like to make a bigger poster which could be laminated to protect it. A copy could be put into the newsletter to show how worried we really are.
We collected ideas for our poster and our digital experts started the poster.

                    School Council Appeal

          Please keep us safe!

·       Please park in the right places

·       Stay within 20mph (or even 10!)

·       Be patient at busy times

·       Think about the residents

·       Watch out for children

We are the future!

AOB
Council have been asked if there will be a talent show.( Mrs Rees is going to find out about this)
Library monitors.

Minutes of the meeting 15.3.17

Everyone present
School prayer

Agenda
Posters fur Red Nose Day
Preesentation of lunchtime charter.

Mrs. Rees collected the posters promoting Red Nose Day. It was suggested that one could be used in the newsletter.
We then went through the lunchtime charter in preparation for the launch in Assembly next Monday. We want everyone to understand that the charter is for all children. It is what we want in order to make lunchtimes happier and more comfortable for everyone.
The issue of behaviour at lunchtime play was also raised.

Minutes of the meeting 8.3.17

All present
Lois led the school prayer

Agenda
Playtime
Red Nose Day promotions.

Last week we asked the children in all classes for their ideas on how we can make playtimes happier and safer for everyone. Today everyone fed back on their findings.

More equipment.
The following were the most popular requests;
Hula hoops
Skipping ropes, individual and long ropes for small groups.
foam balls
target boards
bean bags
basket balls
dressing up
cup and ball catchers

Other ideas for activities;
Sand pit
board games area
reading corner
bug hunts/trasure hunts.
dance area
obstacle courses.
Adult or play leader led games.

Red Nose Day.
We discussed how we could promote the day and encourage giving money to this great cause. Everyone agreed to create posters and bring them to council next week.

Mrs Rees thanked everyone for their ideas.