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School Student Councils What is a school student council? A School Student Council involves pupils in decision making within their school, especially with the running and improvement of the school.
It is the responsibility of each school student councillor to ensure that they express both their own views and the views of all the other pupils they represent. Each Council is different and the role, responsibilities, frequency and staff involvement varies from school to school. School Councils provide an active citizenship experience, which supports the Citizenship curriculum. What the school council can do for a school: A school council will benefit the whole school, pupils and teachers. It will provide opportunities for pupils to communicate their feelings to teachers and staff as well as influence decisions that are made. The council can divide into smaller groups to do things that they need to do and enjoy e.g. Finance committee - organises fetes, Charity group - fundraisers, Publicity group - makes posters etc., Citizenship committee - talking to younger students, Environment - care of the environment. A school council will give pupils the opportunity to develop skills such as confidence, communication and negotiation. Role of a school councillor
Guide to setting up your own School Council At School Council Alert 2000, a guide to setting up a successful school council was created by a team of pupils, teachers, youth service staff and others. If you're thinking about setting up a school council in your school, or just want to find out more, you can read the report and guide here (requires Adobe Acrobat, which you can download for free from here):
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The
School Council is made up of representatives from each class or
year within the school. Pupils who wish to be on the School Council
have to stand for election. All pupils vote for their representative
on the Council.
Issues
that may be discussed by the school council 
