Pupil Leadership

Pupil Leadership

The term pupil leadership refers to education principles and practices that reflect the importance of providing children with the opportunities and support to play a role in making the decisions that affect them. At Bleak Hill, we encourage our children to take on leadership roles within the school from EYFS up to Year 6. Nurturing good pupil leaders is an important element of Bleak Hill’s success as a school. Our pupils readily take on leadership roles: Year 6 Prefects, our Pupil Subject Ambassadors, School Council, House Captains and Vice Captains, First Aid Buddies and Attendance Activists contribute to our direction with confidence and success. We are very proud of them; they are a strength and credit to Bleak Hill School.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Act as an ambassador for the school both in and out.
• Plan, organise and promote fundraising events.
• Represent pupil voice.
• Work alongside the senior leadership team to continue to improve our school
• Help the governors to make decisions on behalf of the pupils.
• Meet regularly to feedback to the senior leadership team and governors about key decisions.

Pupil Leaders

Subject Ambassadors are encouraged to take greater responsibility and to contribute positively both to their subject and the school. They also attend meetings as required (with our Governing Body and Leadership Team). Expectations are high in order that children understand the importance of the role and the commitment and professional conduct expected, when in a position; thereby setting them up for future life.

 

Role of a Subject Ambassador

Pupils will take part in some of the following tasks:

Give out subject specific book

Organise subject specific resources

Visit and organise subject specific areas

Take part in any subject specific demonstrations

Collaborate with peers and teacher about the subject

Take part in meetings with Curriculum Leaders

 

School Council

Children act as ambassadors both in and out of school and they represent pupil voice on behalf of every class from Year 2 to Year 6. Each class votes for their representative at the start of the school year through a democratic process, on our ‘Whole School Democracy Day’, and the School Council meets monthly. Councillors bring concerns raised by their classes to the meetings for discussion and where necessary, these are then taken by councillors to the appropriate member of staff. The School Council continues to identify any improvements they think could be made, alongside being responsible for organising fundraising events.

 

House Captains and Vice Captains 

Successfully lead and support the delivery of our sporting events within the school. The Year 6 children apply for the role and the school votes for their chosen house colour captains on Whole School Democracy Day. Subsequently, the winners are appointed a House Captains and the runners-up are appointed as Vice Captains to support the House Captains for each of our House Colour Teams.

 

Attendance Activists

These children were chosen for this role due to the influence and respect of their peers alongside their own personal record of good attendance. They regularly meet with the attendance lead and discuss any pupil voice they have gained from others in and around the school (children and parents). They are the voice of our children and their ideas and actions are fed back to the attendance team which consists of members of the SLT and governors. The children take a proactive role in welcoming and rewarding the children for being in school and on time, they support brainstorming around rewards and prizes and update our notice board each week.

 

FABs (First Aid Buddies)

This leadership team completed basic first aid skills in class and then chose to give up their own time to complete a St John Youth first aid course. This training required the children to have aspirations for the future, they completed an application form and interview and an 8-hour training course in order to successfully gain this title. In school they can assist adults with first aid and in the community, they can be youth first aiders for many establishments such as sports clubs, scouts, guides, churches and many more. This is a skill for life, and we are very proud of their commitment.

 

Prefects

Our Prefects are selected from Year 6 pupils who apply for the position. Prefects attend Open Evening and Parents Evenings to show and guide adults around our wonderful school. Each week they also work in our Early Years supporting our younger children at lunchtime. They help them develop strong relationships with their peers by modelling and encouraging them to play together, whilst supporting the adults in the outdoor provision. Our younger children love it when the Prefects work with them.