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The new rep’s are:
Year 2: Hannah P and Mathew B
Year 3: Ryan and Elizabeth
Year 4: Josh and Chloe
Year 5: Adam and Elle
Year 6: Alex T (Secretary) and Louise (Chair person).
This year our School Council is
aiming to help us win the 
Term 1.
They want all of us and our families to think about re-using and recycling
paper. The fundraising project is called make a waistcoat out of waste
paper…that makes it a waste-coat! Instruction on how to make it will be sent
home nearer the time.
Children who pay £1 may wear their waste-coat on October 22nd. A prize will be given to the best KS1 and KS2 designs. For ideas of a waste-coat on the theme of ‘flower power’ look at the School Council notice board outside Y5.
Other progress made so far: We have registered with WAITROSE so that we can exchange their vouchers for free things we can grow in Term 4. We have registered with the Potato Council for a free potato growing kit that will be delivered in Term 4. We have registered with the Woodland Trust to receive 30 Autumn copse trees in November for us to plant – in anticipation of Term 6. Finally, we have registered with Edible Playgrounds in the hope that we might win their Growing Kits before Christmas.
Term 2.
The money raise by the waste-coats will fund sprouting equipment and seeds so that every class will start growing on 10th November. We’ll sprout all sorts of seeds and pulses. It will be great fun!
All the classes are doing really well recycling their milk cartons which is something new we’ve started this term. Now we need to re-use more paper before it gets recycled. Let’s go for it!
Term 3.
In
Term 3 we are doing another fundraising event. This event we are calling
‘Message in a bottle.’ 
You bring in a 1 or 2 bottle, (recycle-wise), with a letter asking
super markets to only to use recyclable plastics. We are also going to be
making sculptures out of the plastic bottles. This day will be a
non-uniform. This event is on Tuesday 27th January in 2009.
Term 4.
This
term is not going to be a fundraising term but a growing term.
We are going to be growing plants from sunflowers to edible plants. On-going from February 23rd 2009.
Term 5.
This
term we are going to be doing yet more fundraising. This fundraiser is going
to be a ‘Walk it day.’ This is a link to the Easter Bonnet parade. This
event is on Friday 3rd of April.
Term 6.
This term we are going to be growing. We are going to be planting tree
saplings which will eventually become a simple tree nursery.
On-going
from April 20th.
Get in touch: Speak to your Class Rep.
Email us: inbox.sc@gmail.com
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Coming up over the 2008 - 2009 School Year.
We want to give a big push
to win a Bronze Eco School Award and become a GROWING SCHOOL.
Look at our
GROWING SCHOOL plan of action: 
Talk to your class and then tell your Class Reps your ideas. It will be an inspiring year with your help.
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What's it like being a Class Rep on the School Council?
"It's special being part of the School Council. We work to help our friends and people across the planet." Lara
"I'm glad I'm on the School Council - you get to help people." Zac
"It's great being part of the School Council. We learn how to be helpful." Dan
"Everyone in school are happy when we do stuff and that makes me happy." Maggie
"I am glad to be part of the School Council. We can make a big difference." Ryan
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2007 -2008 has been an amazing year. Look below for more details.
A huge well done to the 2007 – 2008 Class Reps. Who were they?
Year 2: Lara and Josh
Year 3: Abi and Zak
Year 4: Hannah (Secretary) and Dan
Year 5: Maggie and Luke (Chairperson)
Year 6: Kiran (Vice-Secretary) and Ryan (Vice-Chairperson)
But remember the Council is all about you, your class and the whole school. So get involved!
We’ve had a busy year so far. Read on to discover more of our campaigns for the year. Speak to us - we are here to serve.
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Looking back over the School Year 2007 - 2008. What has your School Council Achieved?
* We launched a 'Go For Great' campaign to encourage great manners with a motto "Great Character - Great Life." Pupils enjoyed our Manners Quiz and a Prize was given to Aimee Lou in Year 6 who won the competition.
Think about Good Manners with our help: Click here
"Good manners are important so that when visitors see us, we look like an outstanding school with really good manners." (Zac)
* We ran an ANTI BULLYING campaign, launched a Bully Box and asked two teachers - Mrs Pope in KS1 and Mr Stanley in KS2 - to be anti-bullying teachers.
Watch our
presentation:
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"Our school will do everything it can to prevent bullying, deal quickly with bullying and support those who are bullied." (Mr W)
How
will we do this?
By teaching pupils that bullying is unacceptable inside and outside
the school.
By creating an atmosphere in school in which children know they are listened
to and their problems taken seriously.
By getting children to talk over their thoughts and feelings about bullying
within an atmosphere of trust, acceptance and tolerance.
By putting books in the school library and staffroom on bullying and
anti-bullying.
By staff working with parents to discuss worries or concerns.
By making sure all staff know how to promote good behaviour.
By making sure teachers take bullying seriously and investigate
any allegations thoroughly.
By staff supervising children carefully.
By making the school grounds stimulating.
* We ran a day during anti-bullying week to raise money for LEPRA who find and cure people of Leprosy. Everyone really enjoyed the martial arts events on that day. "We raised over £400 and cured 19 people of Leprosy. I feel good that we could stop people suffering and being sent away on their own." (Luke)
* We learnt and taught a load of playground games to brighten up playtimes.
Captain Jack
Crocky Crocodile
Eye Spy
Farmer’s In His Den
Red Letter
Wall To Wall
"It was fun learning all sorts of new games. People are all enjoying them." (Kieran)
* We linked with St. David's Primary School which was badly flooded during the summer of 2007. We sent them loads of ideas for their School Council and collected goodies for each class with a card that thanked their teachers for their dedication. We gave friendship bracelets to Years 5 and 6 during their Bristol Visit in June 2008. "There was a flood that destroyed St. David's school. We felt really sorry for them. We thought their teachers were amazing so we sent bags of equipment to say 'We care about you.'" (Lara)
* We launched Wacky Week and Toast Tuesday to raise money for Christian Aid Week in May 2008. We asked teachers to do wacky things that we could sponsor.
* On Toast Tuesday we bought toast to raise more money. All together we raised over £100. "It was cool that our teachers did lots of things: guide dogs, fire fighting, climbing, lambing, mucking out rhinos, reading the news at the BBC. Christian Aid will spend the money helping the poorest of the poor." (Abi)
* We started to work towards becoming an ECO SCHOOL by asking Ryan and Luke to plan the changes we need to make to win a Bronze Award. Through the hard work of every child and member of staff, we made progress.
See our Eco Pages and the Eco Schools video: ECO page "Eco Schools has helped us to get better as a school to help and not hurt the environment by turning off lights and computers, recycling, looking after wildlife, talking quietly and tidying away." (Dan)
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