1. School Council

2. What is a School Council?
School Council is a group of primary children, chosen by their year group to represent their school and the Whitley community.
Children Elected Representatives

3. What do I have to do to become a School Councillor?
Be able to speak out
Someone who will take it seriously
Someone who can put across good ideas
Someone caring
Someone others can trust and be a role model
Someone very reliable
Someone who is enthusiastic

5. What is a School Council?
The Whitley Park school council:
Are found in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Meet every month with Mrs Thompson and Miss Johnson.
They discuss new ideas about how we can make our school even better.
They let the adults in school know about what is important to the children, so that fair changes can be made.
They meet to discuss project ideas like recycling to raise money for our school.
Our WEC councillors attend meetings with other WEC schools and have even met the Mayor of Reading!
Have a special notice board outside the staffroom for you to look at.
They check the golden suggestion boxes every week and share your important ideas and comments with the adults in school.

6. What is a School Council?
Student Council members will be taught leadership and speaking skills as training to be leaders in the future.

7. The School Council goal…
Leading by example
Improving school in different areas
Creating projects to help others in our School and the Whitley community
Being a source of communication between students and school staff

8. A School Council Representative is …
Someone who represents their year group and the school through the democratic process to express their ideas.

9. Democracy: Rule by the people
Representative: Someone chosen to speak for others

10. School Councillors
How will I be able to recognise a School Councillor?
All School Councillors wear a yellow badge.

11. We change our school council each year, so next September, you will have the chance to put yourself forward for a place on our school council