Ellington Primary School - School Council - 2024/2025
What is the school council?
We are a group of children from Year 1 to Year 6 who are elected by their class to work with Mr Hodgson so that we make Ellington Primary School the safest, happiest and most successful school it can be!
When do we meet?
We meet every 2 weeks but we often have additional meetings with our class teachers to make sure we are on track with all our actions!
What do we do?
We get involved in all sorts of things but usually have a key focus. This year, our focus is on fund raising and creating as many opportunities as possible for parents to come into school.
We are responsible for making sure all the ideas from our class are heard and listened to and good suggestions are acted upon. To do this we take notes and minutes in the school council meeting and feedback to our classes after the meeting.
Who are we?
The following children have been elected for the School Council by their classmates:
Year 1: Estee and Lenny
Year 2: Jack E and Poppy Mc
Year 3: William and Leah
Year 4: Willow and James
Year 5: Poppy and Craig
Year 6: Seb and Marnja
Actions 2024/2025:
- Spooky Spectacular - Helped to organise a Halloween Disco!
- Ellington’s Got Talent - Organised and judged a talent show which was the highlight of the year for many children!
- Active Playtimes - came up with more ideas for equipment to support active play.
- Extra-curricular clubs - took votes from class mates to decide which clubs we have on offer.
- Valentines – helped to plan and organise a Valentine’s disco.
- Easter Egg Trail – came up with the idea of an Easter Egg Trail around Ellington Village which raised a significant amount of money for the Friends of Ellington.
- House of Parliament – visited the House of Parliament to learn about the history and heritage of politics in England.
- Summer Fair 2025 - Supported with the organisation of the hugely successful Summer Fair!
- New Packed Lunch Policy - Creating healthier lunches, reducing waste and recycling more!
- New Reading areas - each class took part in a competition to design new reading areas in their classrooms. The School Council judged these and awarded Year 5/6 the winner!
- Active Playtimes - we came up with ideas for equipment to support active play.
- Extra-curricular clubs - We have taken votes from class mates to decide which clubs we have on offer.
- Coffee Morning/Bake Sale - We raised over £300 for Save the Children through a coffee morning and bake sale where we ran stalls for parents/carers and pupils.
- Promoting Recycling - We worked alongside our Eco-Council to run a 'design a bin' competition to promote recycling in school.
- Easter tombola - we supported our classes with the Easter tombola, raising funds for our school PTA.