Knockmore Primary School

SCHOOL COUNCIL 2021-2022

Our School Council is a group of elected pupils from Year 4-7, who have been chosen to represent the views and opinions of the pupils in their class.  School Council representatives come together to discuss ways in which the school can improve, taking into consideration the pupil voice.  School Council members also link with the younger classes in our school, bringing on board their ideas and thoughts. 

The School Council are given the opportunity to talk with the people who can make changes happen and decide on the most effective ways to implement these changes.  School Council members share with their class news  and information, discuss new initiatives and feedback to their class on what has been achieved.  Our School Council representatives also aim to participate in fundraising events. 

The School Council this year are involved in fundraising for new playground equipment, something that came out of investigating how to improve pupil wellbeing following remote teaching and learning in the previous two years.  They are also involved in an initiative to improve pupil attendance throughout the school.  We hope this year’s School Council really enjoy being their class representatives, bringing Pupil Voice together, so we can share interests and ideas from all of the children in our school!

Latest news…

At the start of the year, Ms Hardwick and Mr Smyth asked the School Council to research playground equipment, in response to the pupil voice regarding our whole school wellbeing target. After months of costing and fundraising, our new playground equipment has finally arrived! The School Council have enjoyed making our school playground a fun-filled place to play! 

Mr Smyth presented our April Attendance Heroes with their certificates, I wonder who our May Attendance Heroes will be?

Mr Smyth presented our February Attendance Heroes with their certificates! Well done everyone - I wonder who our March Attendance Heroes will be?

Don’t forget to keep bringing in your Fairtrade wrappers for our monthly Fairtrade Raffle! The first raffle prize this year is a Fairtrade Hamper! Kindly donated by Tesco, Lisburn

It’s Fairtrade Fortnight…read our flyer to find out about all the events happening around school to celebrate Fairtrade and raise awareness of the issue!  The School Council have been very busy planning these events and delivering them! Look out for photos of this coming soon!

The School Council have raised £670 of a budget towards playground equipment through our Fitness Friday Football Raffles and Non-uniform Day. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
This was an event to improve pupil wellbeing - one of our whole school targets this year and when the School Council listened to the pupils voice on how to improve their wellbeing, new playground equipment was something the pupils gave ideas about and wanted the School Council to look into. So look out for new playground equipment coming! 

Well done to all our December and January ‘Attendance Heroes’ - we wonder who our February ‘Attendance Heroes’ will be?

 

                                                      Remember Super Attender needs YOU!

                                                                            Be a Superhero!

                                                                  Come to school every day!

                                                                           You miss school.

                                                                              You miss out!

A little Christmas staff thank you from School Council for all your support with our School Council tasks this term…

WELL DONE to all our November ‘Attendance Heroes’ - we wonder who our December ‘Attendance Heroes’ will be? 

Remember Super Attender needs YOU!

Be a Superhero!

Come to school every day!

You miss school.

You miss out!

Mr Smyth has asked the School Council to help with improving whole school attendance, as this is important in helping us to achieve our school targets.

So School Council are on an ‘Attendance H.E.R.O. mission’ - they are on the look out for pupils who are: 

Here

Every day

Ready and

On time - our attendance heroes!

School Council 2019-20                 School Council 2018-19             School Council 2017-18                   School Council 2016-17       

Hertford Crescent, Lisburn BT28 1SA

Tel:02892 662600

info@knockmoreps.lisburn.ni.sch.uk