By having Pupils as leaders in our school, we provide children with the opportunities and support to play a role in making decisions in school that affect them. At the start of the new school year, the children reflect on the previous year and think about the year ahead. They then think about the skills involved in each different job role and apply for the roles they feel they would succeed in. Once assigned a role they will have key adults within the school to help plan and implement any activities.
Pupils as Leaders Roles
- Learning Ambassador
- Pupil Governor
- Eco Warrior
- Digital Leader
- Play Leader
- Sports Captain
- Librarians
Learning Ambassador
These children share their knowledge of the school with visitors. They give the visitors a guided tour of the school from a pupils perspective, sharing what it is like to be a pupil at Chiddingly School.
So far the Learning Ambassadors have created posters to go up around the school about the wonderful learning the children complete and have included pupil voice to highlight what they enjoy the most and why.
Pupil Governor
These children will play an active role in the decisions made within our school. For example choosing charities for fundraising events, helping to make decisions about events held at school or how certain aspects of school are run. Two pupils from each class are selected and will then meet with their key adult to discuss any decisions needing to be made, they will then meet with their class to discuss the issue and feedback.
This year, the Pupil Governors were voted for by their class and they have a special role of being the voice for their class, collecting ideas for events and new things to buy for the school. They are in the process of collating ideas for upcoming events and will shortly be putting these forward to the headteacher.
Eco Warrior
These children work with everyone in the school to keep our school and environment clean, save energy and help us to recycle. They are also the children who help our Forest School lead and the Reception children to dig up, bag up and sell the vegetables grown in our vegetable plot.
This year, the Eco Warriors are incharge of making sure all the cloakrooms are kept spotless (and safe!) and, in celebration assembly, give the ‘The Golden Broom’ award to the tidiest class. They will embark on more eco projects as the year progresses.
Digital Leaders
These children help to educate their peers about online safety, they share their knowledge with others in assembly. They also help to organise the computing equipment in school and help the younger children with their learning.
Play Leaders
These children are selected from the older classes, they help to organise playtimes and lunchtimes. They meet the MDSA’s at the start of the year to plan and design a timetable of play equipment and games selected for all children. They learn how to plan ahead, use a weekly timetable and then implement their ideas. They are responsible for setting up both physical and interactive activities to support the children during their playtimes. They also look out for children who might need support at these times and include them in different types of play.
This year, the play leaders have set up a rota for play duties, have kept the play equipment cupboard tidy and have supported the new reception children to integrate into the busy playground. They also organised a talent show for the children and this ran one lunchtime. This was a hit and will be happening every term!
Sports Captain
These children are chosen from the older classes, they help with sports skill development and progression. They will meet with the sports lead and design games to be played at lunchtimes. The games will be skills based linked to a focus sport, they will help to create confidence in skills, build social relationships and interaction amongst the children. They will also help to run sports events and sports day.
The sports leaders have been involved in tracking and logging the golden mile award.
Librarians
The librarians are responsible for keeping the library neat and tidy and are involved in promoting a love for reading around the school. They learn skills such as how to organise and team work.
So far, the Librarians have set up ‘Chiddingly Calm Corner’ for pupils to have somewhere calm and relaxing to enjoy reading and discussing books at lunch time. They will also be involved in the new reading initiative whereby children who read 3 times a week will be entered into a draw at the end of term to win a voucher to buy a new book.