School Council

At Burpham we greatly value the opinions of our pupils and the School Council acts as a vehicle for delivering pupil voice which is used to impact decisions made in the running of the school. At the end of every summer term, a whole school election takes place with ballot slips and a polling station to elect two school councillors from each class for the following academic year. School Council meetings are held regularly in the staff room with Mrs Marsden and there is a notice board opposite the hall door with pictures of all the school councillors and information about the projects they have been working on.

School Council members 2017-18

Parrots: George Howe

Robins & Finches: Daniel Vine & Faith Robinson

Owls: Annabel Saunders

Nightingales: Ewan Jones

Woodpeckers: Charlotte Langridge

Kingfishers: William Mello

Jays: Daniel Alsop

Doves: Lola Cowley

Falcons: William Hunt

Kestrels: Oqtay Eslamdoust

Eagles: Joe Blondrage & Hayley Scott (joint chairpersons)

School Council Achievements 2017-18

• Helped to improve behaviour at lunchtimes by conducting a behaviour survey across the school; devising rotas for playground equipment and asking for more LSAs to be on duty at lunchtime

• Encouraged healthier packed lunches by putting out a packed lunch survey ; producing a leaflet for parents and assemblies for pupils

• Raised over £1000 for new playground equipment by running ice cream stalls after school and choosing how to spend the money. We would  like to thank Mrs Douglas for all her help with this amazing venture

• Presenting ideas from our classes to Mrs Marsden such as dressing up for World Book Day