Here at South Gosforth First School we have a very active and enthusiastic School Council team. This is comprised of 2 pupils from each class (from Reception to Year 4) who are voted for by their classmates to join the School Council team each academic year. We make sure to choose different children to represent their classes each year.

Our School Council meet every two weeks with Mr Adams and discuss a whole range of things from equipment on the playground, school trips and anything else which they think it is important to talk about to make our school better for our children and our school family. Our Year 4 members of the School Council chair our meetings for us and come up with our agenda every fortnight.

All members of our School Council are really sensible and understand how important it is that they aren’t raising their own personal issues or requests, but they are representing all of our children in school. If we can’t agree on something, we always take a vote, as we believe that this is a fair way to make decisions where everyone’s voice is included and heard. You can see the minutes from our recent School Council meetings below: