Pupil Voice
At Pinner Wood, everyone's voice is important. We want our children to be actively involved in making a difference to their school.
Our aims are to:
- Meet the needs of our pupils
- Boost children’s confidence
- Encourage learning skills such as communication, assertiveness and advocacy
- Build positive relationships between all members of the school community
- Help pupils feel recognised and valued
- Encourage active citizenship- making a difference to their community and world
- Be able to respond to pupils needs
- Improve the achievement of pupils
- Recognise pupils as major stakeholders and enable them to take a more active part in running their communities.
We do this through:
All children in year 6 having a role of responsibility (This list is not exhaustive.)
Year 6 Roles
| Leadership Role |
Tasks |
Selection Process |
|
| Head Squad |
- Lead the celebration assemblies
- Attend School Council meetings
- Conduct tours for new families (alongside the Headteachers)
- Feedback to stake holders in the school including Governors and leaders.
|
Presentation and Interview |
|
| Prefects |
- Role model and uphold the School Values across the school
- Lead School Tours (alongside the Head teacher)
- Support younger peers
- Lead homework and other clubs.
|
Teacher Selection
3 x groups of prefects per year |
|
| Values Champions |
- Role Model and uphold the values
- Represent a value in the school
- Work with leaders to plan events in their values focus term
- Collect house points on their value and present in assembly.
|
Presentation and interview |
|
| Librarians |
- Work with our adult librarian to organise and manage the library
- Run lunchtime librarian sessions
- Choose books to be recommended to others.
|
Volunteering |
|
| Year 6 School Council Chairs |
- Attend fortnightly School Council meetings
- Lead oracy circle
- Present findings to the school
- Collect views from others pupils in school
- Meet with Governors
- Present views e.g. to MP, councillors, parents.
|
Class voting yearly |
 |
Year 5 Roles
| Leadership Role |
Tasks |
Selection Process |
| Playground Friends |
- Supporting at lunchtime to lead games and include other children
- Role modelling the PW values.
|
Volunteering and application |
| Befrienders |
- Support EYFS children at lunchtime
- Model games to play
- Support children and groups and be a ‘friendly face.’
- Role modelling the PW Values
|
Volunteering and application |
| lunch Time Monitors |
- Help support in the dining room at lunchtime
- Model the PW values across the school.
|
Volunteering and application |
Year 2 Roles
| Leadership Role |
Tasks |
Selection Process |
| Junior Prefects |
- Being role models in Key Stage 1 and upholding the PW values
- Working with their class teachers to support their Key Stage 1
|
Teacher Selection |
| Playground Friends |
- Support Key Stage 1 children at lunchtime
- Model games to play
- Support children and groups and be a ‘friendly face.’
- Role modelling the PW Values.
|
Teacher Selection |
| Junior Librarians |
- Tidy class reading books and keep these looking organised
- Help class friends to choose and recommend books.
|
Teacher Selection |
Other Roles in School
Leadership Role | Tasks | Selection Process | |
School Council | Attend fortnightly School Council meetings Listen to the views of the class and feeding back to School Council Meet and share views with other people in the school e.g. students, staff, Governors Work together to make Pinner Wood a better place.
| Elected by class | |
Buddies | | Teacher Selection | |
Gardeners | | Volunteering | |
Earth Friends | Help and support the school to be eco-friendly and sustainable Gain views of pupils and staff and feedback to the team To work on projects across the school and make a difference.
| Application and selection | |