School Council

NEW School Council - 2011/12

2011-11-25T09:12:00.000-08:00

Now that all class members and their deputies have been chosen, our School Council met on 21st November to discuss several issues.

One of the main topics was about fundraising in order to purchase Adventure Trail activity equipment for our junior playground. Mrs Bailey explained that it costs a lot of money, which is not in the school budget, so we are running a campaign to raise the funds ourselves. Each class has designed a trail and chosen the equipment they would like in it.

We are putting some special dates in our school calendar:

On THURSDAY 8th DECEMBER at 3.00 pm - we are holding a Film Afternoon for Years 3, 4, 5 & 6. Ticket price is £2 per child and this will include a drink and popcorn. Films to be announced soon!

On FRIDAY 20th JANUARY 2012, there is a TOY SALE in school. Children will be able to visit the Toy Sale throughout the day.

On FRIDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 2012 we are holding a DRESS UP DAY. We have to speak to our individual classes to find out what dressing up theme is the most popular.

We also talked about what we think of our School Dinners. We are meeting with a representative from ISS, our catering company, and we will ask her some questions about the colour band system, foods we really like or dislike, what other choices we would like to see on the menu, and our current 'line up' system at lunchtime.

Watch this space for further updates from the next meeting!

School Council meeting - Tuesday 22nd March

2011-03-23T04:58:00.000-07:00

At our school council meeting this week we discussed the following issues:

Fairlop's Healthy Tuck Shop:
We are selling so many of the fantastic Nakd Raisins that we just can't get enough from our local shops. We, the school council, wrote to the company who have now agreed to supply us direct from them - so hooray we should have plenty for everybody now!

Red Nose day:
The cakes sold really well at this event - but we just did't seem to make very much money from them!! We think in future the cakes will be sold at a set price.
Thanks to those who purchased our cakes we are always grateful for your donations.

School Dinners
It was mentioned that sometimes when the last children from each year group get to their school dinner they don't have such a great choice of menu. This should soon be made much easier by the dinner company using a wristband system. This will help you to have your first choice and should also reduce the length of the queue.

Please take a look at our slide show below to see who your class councillor and deputy is!

WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT! a video by Year 6 students

2009-03-10T09:31:00.000-07:00

As you will see from the post on our main Fairlop Primary blog, we've been very busy as a School Council ensuring parents don't park outside our school. Our video shows us with our bells and whistles and shouting "Don't park here, children are near!"

Three students in Year Six - Amar, Kanishka and Neel have made a video about the dangers of not wearing a seat belt, which they showed to parents attending the Parent Consultation meeting on 10th March.

Two other students - Joshua and Tahsin from Year 5 - also made some resources and a speech to children in Reception classes to explain the dangers of not using seat belts.

The video sends a powerful message about this important issue, but care needs to be taken when viewing with young children. It shows clips of what happens during a car accident when you are not belted in, which may be distressful and upsetting.

Recycling and Reusing, a report by the School Council

2008-06-02T03:55:00.000-07:00

Recycling and Reusing: A Report by the School Council, May 2008

The School Council and two representatives from Year 1 and Reception decided to walk around the school building and outside environment to look at ways to promote ‘Reusing and Recycling’. Here are the areas identified and outcomes:

Overfilled bins:

During term time too many parents are using the school bins to get rid of waste from lunchboxes that should be taken home and disposed of with general household rubbish or recycled. Therefore, the Council would like to remind parents to use the recycling bins which are situated on the school grounds rather than filling up the wall mounted bins.

Bins directly outside the school gates:

The Council reported that the bins which are outside directly in-front of the school are often overflowing with rubbish which makes the entrance to the school look dirty and uninviting, therefore they would like to write to the Borough of Redbridge and using video evidence try to encourage them to empty the bins more often. They would also like the Borough to remind local householders about the importance of recycling.

What can the Council do about the Fruit Peel?

The Council reported that fruit peel which is on the playground floor often causes accidents and looks terrible. Gui was quick to point out that he had reminded children in Key Stage 1 to use the bins but this was not always working. Therefore, Rhea and Aria suggested that perhaps more appealing bins (Newsround reported on the success of a talking bin) could be researched and used around the school. Aria and Rhea will research more appealing bins and whether they would make a difference.

Compost bins:

Amy reminded the Council that Caterham (a local secondary school) are already using compost bins to combat this problem and that as a Council this is something they should look into doing. Amy will speak to Ms. Bunt about this area.

Waste paper:

Mr Betteridge spoke to Mrs Walters about the amount of paper (newsletters, letters, and advertisements) left in the playground on the ground at the end of the school day. Davina reminded the Council that parents could recycle their paper in our recycling bins if they wanted to, rather than leave it all over the ground. Aaron pointed out that perhaps parents needed to be reminded that they can request school letters via e-mail. Aaron will ask Ms. Brannan if the school could publicise this feature.

Recycling ink cartridges:

The Council looked at ways to recycle ink cartridges and the recycling box that is situated by the ICT bay. They would like to promote recycling ink cartridges to parents and carers; therefore they will speak to Mrs Skinner about the possibility of arranging for another box to be placed near the school office for parents to use.

Everybody is responsible:

The School Council spoke about some Year 5 children who were using ‘litter picker uppers’ to pick up and dispose of waste on the school field. Amy reminded everyone that it is unhygienic to pick other people’s rubbish up with your hands but she would be quite happy to pick up odd pieces of rubbish using the litter pickers. The council agreed that the litter pickers should be on hand for anyone to use in the office. Amy will speak to SLT about this and inform the Health and Safety Coordinator to see if this is possible.

Recycling Paper bins:

The Council spoke to Mr Dodd who reported that the recycling paper bins were always full in the school. Joshua reminded the Council about classes reusing paper from the bins for draft work. Aria told the Council that Mrs Hastings in the office makes her own note pads out of reused paper which she thought was a good idea.

James said that teachers should use this idea rather than lots of post it notes. He will try to encourage his own teacher to adopt this idea and will ask all reps from the School Council to encourage all teachers to trial the idea.

Recycling plastic bottles in the dining hall:

The School Council were very pleased with their efforts to encourage children to recycle plastic bottles in the hall after their lunch. The Council said that the recycling bins were nearly always full and that some children were taking their bottles home to be reused the next day which was very pleasing.

The Council were a little concerned that some of the water bottles left in classrooms over night were often put in the general waste bin. School Councillors will now make sure that any bottles left in classrooms would be collected and recycled by themselves on a daily basis.

The Council asked whether staff have a recycling bin in the staffroom. When informed that they did not the Council remarked that a recyling bin for bottles should be placed in the staffroom.

Looking after our environemnt is a job for all of us...

School Council meets Senior Leadership Team.

2008-02-26T09:44:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday, two representatives from School Council met Fairlop's Senior Staff. They wanted to discuss changes to improve lunchtime at Fairlop. Have a look at how they got on.