Our School Council

We have a very active School Council at Colehill First School.

School Councillors are elected by their class peers once a year. There are three representatives from each year group from year 1 up to year 4 inclusive.

The School Council meet once per fortnight and their main purposes are:

• to enable all children in the school to have a voice and to be listened to and taken seriously;

• to improve all aspects of life at Colehill First School for all members of the school community;

• to help children understand that good citizenship requires active participation from all members of the community. This is a lesson for life, not just for school

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School Council Achievements

Over the past few years, the School Council has:

• been part of the interview process for the recruitment of the new headteacher;

• helped to lead assemblies about our school values;

• organised a cake sale to raise funds for new playground equipment;

• enhanced the playground by choosing new equipment for playtimes;

• organised Christmas present boxes for children in need in the local area;

• organised various collections for Wimborne food bank;

• made numerous decisions about fund raising for a range of worthwhile causes in the UK and around the world

• made cards and letters for elderly people in the local area.