School Council

The Thomas Jones School Council consists of two children from each year group. Councillors meet twice a term to focus on key issues such as fundraising, scrutiny of books, lunches, etc., as well as to learn the skills of being a good spokesperson for their class.

School Councillors this year are:

Year 1:

Khalil

Scarlet

Year 2:

Ava

Vincenzo

Year 3:

Younes

Hope

Year 4:

Fatima (Coco)

Jad

Rachel

Year 5:

Mariam

Jeshurun

Year 6:

Ella

Mohamed Tabali

This year the school council plan consists of the below:

When	Meeting Focus	Extra Activities
Autumn 1	What is a councillor? Introducing the role and explaining some of the main things we will be doing.	Selling Ribbons. Harvest collection food drop-off.
Autumn 2	Decide on a school Christmas charity and how we will raise money - this year, a second-hand book and uniform sale. Children to share any issues from their class.	Writing Christmas cards for the elderly residents at Thomas Darby Court. Joining the choir at Thomas Darby Court to hand out cakes and tea to elderly residents at Christmas time.
Spring 1	Scrutinising the school lunch options. Children to discuss with their class how they feel about the lunches and anything they want to improve or change - feedback to council. Children to share any issues from their class.	Spend time in the lunch hall seeing what children are eating.
Spring 2	Children to research ideas for the Easter holidays for their peers to engage with. Children to share any issues from their class.	Fundraising - 'Rags to Riches' – clothes collection to raise money for school.
Summer 1	Scrutinising books and libraries. Scrutinising the school's club programme. Children to share any issues from their class.	Spend time looking in class book corners and researching books they may want to purchase.
Summer 2	Children to research ideas for the summer holidays for their peers to engage with. Children to share any issues from their class.