School Parliament at Stanley St. Peter's Primary School

Our School Parliament is formed each September, when Year 6 form a number of political parties. Each party presents their values and ideas in a special Collective Worship, and every child in the school takes part in casting their vote within authentic, private booths.

Each party member is given a specific role that they are responsible for developing.

• Leadership: liaising with the Head Teacher or SLT, having a children’s leadership team, keeping track of the main priorities.
• Worship: events or special collective worships, services at the church, community events in the local area.
• Sport: PE coverage, tournaments, competitions, clubs, keeping active and fit.
• Curriculum: lessons and learning, meeting with relevant subject leaders, ideas for trips or topics, timetable of the school day.
• Health and Safety: Damaged property, cleanliness of the school, meeting with the Caretaker or Business Manager, litter, behaviour in school, healthy eating.
• Playtime and Lunchtime: meeting with Lunch Time Supervisors, sports coaches, games, activities, equipment and the dining hall.
• School Environment: areas around school, displays, classrooms, aesthetics of the school.

The School Parliament widens its horizons by employing further MP’s. Each class is able to nominate a candidate to join and represent the school. It is the responsibility of the class MP’s to raise any concerns, ideas or important events, which have been highlighted by their peers, and bring these to parliament meetings to be discussed and resolved.

This year, the School Parliament are looking into:

-Working with the Eco Squad to get 'Eco School's' status

- Working towards the initiative 'Zero Carbon' by 2030

- Improving the facilities in school, including the dining area

- After school clubs that we have on offer (with a focus on music clubs)

-Making our school grounds more environmentally friendly

-Raising awareness within school and outside of school on environmental friendliness. 

These are the pledges we are committed to delivering:

Eco Squad

This year, we have made a promise to help our school environment and that of the wider world. We have formed an Eco Squad with the goal of putting the children in charge of our school environmental issues. We aim to achieve 'Eco School's' status by the end of the academic year by making lots of changes, both big and small, to do our part for the environment. Our long term goals for the year include:

-Raising money for environmental charities

-Making our school more biodiverse 

-Writing a letter to our local MP to inform them of our work

-Raising money to put towards our environmental cause

So far this year, we have achieved lots of brilliant things!

We have:

-Written a letter to our local MP

-Raised over £250 for the 'Just one Tree' campaign

-Counted our school's carbon footprint

-Participated in eco themed lessons to aid our local wildlife

We continue to work diligently towards our goal and appreciate all support that has been given by everyone in our community! We look forward to sharing future achievements with you!