Election News
The School Council at Orchard is elected through a fair and democratic process. Each September, children in Year 6 present their manifesto to the school and explain why they would make a good Chair of School Council and what they would do to make the school an even better place. The whole school then votes for their selected candidate. The Chair and Vice Chair meet with Mrs Parker (School Council Link Teacher) regularly to plan and write the agenda for each meeting. Our Chair this year is Amelia and our Vice Chair is Charlotte. They have some great ideas for how they can work as a team to make Orchard even better.

We also hold elections within each class to find our Class Representatives. Their job is to feedback the key information from each meeting to their class. They are to then gather any ideas that their class may have ready for the next meeting. Having representatives from each class makes sure that the children’s voices are heard and involves children from Year 1 to Year 6 in the decision making.

The children all look forward to the meetings and they know that they have a responsible job and can make a big difference to the way the school is run. Look out for information on the School Council Board which will include meetings from our last meeting and what we have achieved so far

School Council News
Ideas and suggestions from class councils are brought to full school councils meetings each half term, enabling pupil views, on a wide range of matters, to be taken into consideration.

As your School Council, we promise to:

• Listen to your ideas, concerns and worries.
• Always wear our badges so you can find us if you ever need us.
• Attend our regular meetings to ensure we are always working on the projects you want.
• Work with Mr Brown, Mrs Shields and the governors to make sure your ideas are heard and actioned.