School Council Sessions

The children will be invited to meet (usually Friday lunchtimes) to talk to the School Council about problems and what they’ve been doing.

What are we doing?

We vote to improve the school. The children voted on choosing on activity panels for the playground. They vote on a movie each half-term. The classes/school council give the choice.

How do we do it?

We meet as a school council every week and discuss things. We share what we discuss with our classes before the next meeting and then at the next meeting we tell about our decisions and our problems.

1. Vote Box
2. Problem Station
3. Idea Station
4. Improvement of Classes

Prefects

At Pemberley Academy, we believe that children should be given the opportunity to lead and help others. Many children thrive when given duties and responsibilities, and we believe that having these responsibilities enable children to play an active role as citizens of our school.

At Pemberley Academy, we believe that prefects have a very important role to play in the day to day organisation of our school. As only Year Five and Six pupils are allowed to apply for this position, it is considered to be very important and prestigious. Prefects are very much like junior members of staff and are expected to take their role seriously.

The position not only allows the pupils to lead by example and demonstrate their responsibility, it also enables the younger children to learn from good role models.

Every prefect has to apply for the job and their applications go through a selection process. There are however two points of application during the year to allow all children to gain the experience of the additional responsibilities and privileges that come with this very important job.

Whilst the Head Boy and Head Girl prefects are elected by all staff members, all other prefects are identified by staff, themselves or peers and encouraged to apply for a prefect position.

Once their application has been successful, prefects are awarded badges in a whole school assembly and have their picture displayed on the school’s Prefect display.

Specific Prefect Jobs

These change from time to time, but can include:

• Lunchtime Supervisors – help with cutting up food, supervising and talking to
  children, help with trays and cleaning up
• Playleaders – lunchtime equipment and behaviour support
• Library Monitors – keep the library tidy and organised
• EYFS Buddies – helping with EYFS children on the playground and as needed in the classroom.
• Hall monitors – set up benches, do lunchboxes, monitor pupils, hold doors, helping with laptop
• Reading Buddy Club – reading with children at lunchtime
• School Ambassadors – showing visitors around the school
• Peer Mediators – help children to solve arguments
• Wellbeing Watchers – helping to identify who may be struggling with loneliness, unhappiness, anxiety, etc.
• Wetplay Monitors – help in the classrooms when there is wet play