School Council Decisions

2001

• We have raised £65 for new playground equipment by selling toys. We are planning to raise more money this term.
• We have a list of year 3 Toilet Guards who make sure that the toilets are kept clean at dinnertime.
• Each class now lines up after dinner to stop the smaller children getting hurt.
• We have arranged for a small football pitch to be marked out for the Reception and year 1 children to play on so that they don't get hurt and they can have more fun.
• We are ordering badges for the School Council that they will keep after they have left.
• We have arranged to have the school painted and to have coloured shapes and rainbows in the hall.
• We have got more chairs for the hall so that all the year 3's can have a chair during assembly time.
• We visited County Hall to meet John Shepherd and have our council meeting in the Council Chamber. We have been on television, radio and 2 newspapers.
• We have been back to County Hall to watch their Council Meeting.
• We are going to have Playground Angels from each class who will make sure that everyone has someone to play with and help sort out arguments.
  
  2002
• We raised another £5,000 from The Town Close Trust and Thomas Anguish Trust and bought the new playground equipment.
• The football committee did a sponsored sports day to raise money for new bibs and footballs.
• We put up signs around the school to stop people running.
• We met with the dinner ladies and organised red and green flags to go in the dinner hall to replace the whistle.
• We raised money for Crisis at Christmas again.
  
  2003
• We have agreed a list of behaviours, which will considered as disruptive to council meetings.
• We are organising a friendship bench to go in the playground.
• The Environment Committee have written up an action plan for the Bronze eco-award.
• The Football Committee are raising money to buy new goals.
• The Charities Committee have written to Snelling TV to try and get a TV and Video.
• The School Council are organising a scruffy hair day for comic relief.
• We organised a “weakest-link” game for the teachers.
  
  2004
  We have bought new football goals & sandbags.
• We have continued working towards a Silver eco-award.
• The Playground Committee has bought a friendship bench.
• Snelling TV have donated a TV & video.
• The Charities Committee has organised a fruit fun day.
• The Football Committee has trained a number of children to be referees. The new refs have been issued with red and yellow cards and whistles.
• Chalk and new playground equipment has been bought by the school council.