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’.

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.

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.

“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.

Recent topics include:

• Is cyber security important to you?
• Do we need to learn more about how vaccines work?
• Could you be a first settler on Mars?
• Will Brexit stop you from going on holiday?