School Council

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What is the ‘student voice’?

Student voice is extremely important.  As the largest collective group of people within the school it’s important that students get the opportunity to share their ideas about the future of the school and our school council play a very important role.

How does the school council operate?

A school council will run for an annual term in office.  In other words, new school council members may be elected every year or previous school council members will put themselves forward again to stand as a member.  This gives a larger group of students the opportunity to get involved and generate new ideas; begin fresh each year.  

The school council consists of members from Key Stage 3, 4 and Post 16. Each class has one representative who can stand for school council. This is to ensure the school council is an effective size and not too big.

In total there will be 11 students from across the school who attend the meetings on a regular basis.

Minutes from these regular meetings are given back to class teachers for all year groups, to ensure that everyone is aware of the council's work.

What makes a good school council member?

This person needs to be all of the following: motivated, organised, positive, assertive, caring, a good listener, have strong communication skills, diplomacy, confidence and have awareness of other views. 

They are an ambassador for the school and should be willing to attend school events and meet visitors to talk about their school.

Student Council News

Celebrating Kindness and Festive Fun at Forest Way School.

Our Student Council recently met to review the results of the whole-school vote on special celebration days. We're thrilled to announce two exciting events coming up this term:

World Kindness Day - Wednesday, 13th November

We'll be celebrating kindness across the school with activities that encourage empathy, friendship, and caring for others.

Parents and carers - if your son/daughter takes part in any acts of kindness at home, we'd love to see them! Please feel free to upload photos or notes to Tapestry so we can share and celebrate them in school.

Christmas Jumper Day - Wednesday, 11th December

A fun and festive day where pupils are invited to wear their favourite Christmas jumper (or any fun jumper!) to school. No need to buy anything new - homemade or decorated jumpers are very welcome! T-shirts, dresses and other Christmas clothing are also welcome!

We're looking forward to celebrating these special days together as a school community. Thank you for your continued support!