St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Learn to love, love to learn
At St. Bernadette's Catholic School you will find us caring, hardworking and co-operative. We follow the ways of Jesus using our talents and gifts to make our school special. We show respect to all and welcome you.
Head Teacher: Miss Finnegan
Hob Moor Road, Yardley, Birmingham, B25 8QL
0121 783 7232
SENCO: Mrs Taylor
School Council
Making a Difference
St. Bernadette’s has an active school council in which 2 elected members from Years 1-6 meet and discuss views and ideas in our school, community and world.
The Election Process
Years 1-4:
Children had to express to their teachers why they wanted to be in School Council and what qualities they could bring. Teachers discussed all candidates and voted for their Year bands councillors.
Years 5-6:
Children had time to write a speech on why they wanted to be a representative for their peers. They explained changes they wanted to make and ideas they had to continue to make our school a positive and welcoming environment. They then had to present this speech in front of their Year bands and teachers.
The children were then asked to vote for 2 chosen candidates from their year bands using a ballot process. Each of the children were given a voting slip which they had to exchange for a ballot paper. The children then had to go to the voting booth and select their candidate by placing an ‘X’ in the box.
What is our Vision?
To have a school which is dynamic, a school that not only listens, but acts upon the views of its pupils. To further promote and express the voice of the child, not just within our school but within the City of Birmingham and with schools around the World. We hope to extend and share our ideas through further communications with other schools across the globe.
What is our Aim?
To raise people’s awareness that children have valid ideas. To be a voice for the children in our school. To make our school an even more friendly and pleasant place in which to learn. To make suggestions as to how our school could be improved further. To further improve our school environment. To raise money for charities.
November
For the month of November, School Council were thinking about being thankful and how lucky we are to have the things we do. In order to help others, School Council decided to collect for the Trussell Trust food banks. The Trussell Trust provides food and toiletries to families when they need it most.
Councillors spread the message throughout school and encouraged their peers to donate. They organised the food and prepared it ready to donate.
We managed to collect a huge 34kg of food and toiletries!
October
School Council were asked by Mrs Canning to choose a name for our new space in school.
This space will be used for pupils who need some time away from class, to continue to explore and learn. We would like the room to be a calm environment and the name to reflect that.
After many discussions and a vote, we decided on The Moonlight Room. We can’t wait to see the sign up soon!
September
School Council have been set a task by Mr Carroll!
We were asked to discuss ideas for new Track-it prizes for the school. We met last week and brainstormed ideas, deciding on what prizes could be used for less and more points. We thought about what we would find useful as a prize, as well as things we would just enjoy. School Council went back to their year groups and gathered ideas from their peers.
On Tuesday, we met with Mr Carroll and pitched our ideas to him. He was impressed with how well thought out our ideas were and we hope to see a few of them soon.