Pupil Voice

At Kenley we encourage the children to speak with confidence by discussing and sharing their ideas with each other.

School Council and the Year 6 House Captains are two means by which we enable this to happen.

We also participate in ‘Votes for Schools’.

School Council

Our School Council consists of one girl and one boy from classes 2 to 6. Each class holds an election in the Autumn term during which the class representatives are selected and presented in assembly with their School Council badges. These representatives remain in that role for one academic year.

School Council meetings are held monthly and, prior to a School Council meeting, the classes are given themes to discuss , for example – how we can make the school more environmentally friendly? The class representative brings the ideas from their class to the council meeting for discussion. They then feed back to the class on the discussions held and any conclusions reached.

The School Council has met with the governors of the school to discuss their role and projects that they have been involved in.

Previous achievements of School Council

2020

The organisation of Harvest collections for Purley Food Hub.
Introduction of the ‘i-dot’ challenge.
Discussion and naming of the ELSA room – ‘The Nest’

2018/19

The organisation of Harvest collections for Purley Food Hub.
During the Governors day, the school council met with governors to tell them about the school council and the projects that it has been involved in.
The suggestion and implementation of a ‘Rainbow mufti day’ to celebrate the wide range of differences between us all at Kenley.
Green ambassadors – suggestion and purchase of plastic bottle recycling boxes for inside the school.
Organisation of a poster competition – ‘Saving Energy’
Discussion and redesign of pupil voice questionnaire.
Choice of animal to sponsor in the WWF – school council chose the dolphin.

2017

The organisation of Harvest collections for Purley Food Hub.
Review of the new Traffic Light system in the Behaviour Policy.
Preparation and delivery of an assembly to encourage good attendance. Also presented to school governors.
Organisation of a ‘Good to be Green’ mufti day. This was one of the activities that supported our school’s application and achievement of the ‘Green Tree Gold Award’ from the Woodland Trust.
Review of the ‘Antibullying policy’. Organisation of Antibullying week competition.
Visit to PDR construction’s building site and the organisation of a poster competition ‘Safety around a building site’.

2016

The organisation of Harvest collections for Purley Food Hub
The introduction of a ‘Feedback Box’ for pupils to use for posting comments about any concerns/worries and how we can improve the school .
The introduction of Green Ambassadors – a large group of volunteers who give up time to litter-pick and check lights and taps are off when not in use. They promoted a battery collection box.
Organisation of Antibullying week competitions.
Introduction of ‘Playground pals’ and the ‘Friendship benches’
Discussion and naming of our new intervention and lunchtime quiet room – ‘The Beehive’. The children also made suggestions for the resources that could be put into the Hive for lunchtime activities.

House Captains

Each year, we hold elections in Class 6 for the House Captains. Children from Years 3 to 6 and all members of staff take part in the election and from this, a House Captain and Vice House Captain for each House are elected. They are presented with House Captain badges.

House Captains are responsible for the organisation and running of special events.

These events have included the annual ‘Kenley’s got Talent’ extravaganza, our sports days and inter -house events e.g an interhouse bench-ball competition.

Votes for Schools

“GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD”

VotesforSchools is an award-winning platform giving our students a voice on the issues that affect them the most, as well as supporting us to consistently embed SMSC, British Values and Prevent across our school.

Be Informed. Be Curious. Be Heard.

Kenley Primary school participates in ‘Votes for Schools’. This is a national platform for schools which produces a weekly topic for discussion. This is always a current affairs topic and resources are produced which are suitable for KS1, with additional KS2 materials. The weekly resources include an assembly; an engaging presentation for the classroom – often with relevant video links; questions for discussion and the opportunity to vote on the topic for that week.