What is a school council?
A school council is a group of students who are elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve their school.
What jobs are there?
Each year Primary 3-7 will elect one representative to be members of the school council.
The council members will then meet and nominate the roles of:
Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Scribe
Time Keeper
These will vary at each meeting to allow all pupils the opportunity to experience each role.
What makes a good school council?
A good school council is one that represents the views of all students and gets things done.
These are some things that make a council effective:
Regular meetings
A council that is not too big
Good communication between representatives and their class
Smaller groups (subcommittees) working on specific events or issues
A budget (however small)
Annual evaluations
What does it do? A school council does a number of things:
The school council meets - usually with a teacher/learning assistant present - to discuss and sort out problems. These may include school lunches or ideas for fundraising events.
Members of the school council will be responsible for carrying out the ideas that have been agreed, such as planning fun days, writing newspaper articles, or meeting with outside agencies e.g. Take 5
We congratulate all those who have been elected as council members. We hope you have a successful year in office.
