Pupil Committees
At Hoole Church of England Primary School, we are committed to supporting children’s understanding of British values including democracy. We seek to enable pupils to build the positive skills and attitudes which will ensure that they are active, productive and tolerant citizens, able to make a positive contribution to the community they live in.
In order to achieve this, children are provided with many opportunities to make a positive contribution to their school community.
Children of all ages are encouraged to take on roles and responsibilities in school. Some jobs are allocated following a democratic voting process.
Hoole Church of England pupils make a difference to the world around them in the following roles:
Collective worship leaders
Membership of the Ethos Team
House of Hoole Council Representatives
Global Citizens
Peer buddies offering mentoring and support for younger pupils throughout the school year
Junior Safety Officers
PAC (Punctuality and Attendance Crew)
Sports Leaders
Classroom ambassadors
Playground Leaders
Friendship Force
Science Ambassadors
School Bank Managers
Some of the ways in which pupils have made a positive contribution include:
Developing the school Parking Charter with Cheshire West & Chester Road Safety team and launching this for parents and carers;
Raising money for a variety of local and national charitable causes including Bren’s Bikes, Stick & Step and Comic Relief;
Leading on organising charity events to sponsor a penguin at Chester Zoo and taking part in a charity fun run;
Supporting the review of school systems and policies, providing pupil feedback to help shape developments in key areas including collective worship and reviewing the anti-bullying policy;
Engagement in the recruitment process for senior staff;
Year 6 organised and delivered a workshop for parents/carers on the theme of Internet Safety for Safer Internet Day;
Promoting recycling and raising awareness of issues such as plastic pollution and the impact on wildlife and the environment.
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In order to support the school leaders in improving our school, we have a House of Hoole who meet regularly to discuss and arrange lots of different things that make our school better. Our House of Hoole is structured like the UK government with different ministers holding responsibility for different areas of the school.
We have the following elected roles on our parliament:
a Prime Minister and Deputy, a Chancellor, a Home Secretary, a Clerk and ministers for Sport, Charities, Health and Wellbeing, Safety and Environment, Education, Ethos and Values and Ambassadors for Behaviour.
All classes from Years 1 to 6 are represented within the House of Hoole and these representatives act as points of contact between the school leaders and the classes.
Friendship Force
At Hoole, we want everyone to feel happy, included and welcome in our school family.
Following an application process where children matched their skills to the job description, we recruited our Friendship Force. This team has been specially trained and supported by Mrs Robertson and Miss Taylor to ensure that they are able to support all pupils to build positive relationships and enjoy a happy time at school.
Friendship Force members can help to manage friendship issues and ensure that everyone has someone to play with.
Friendship Force members wear a special yellow lanyard so that they can be easily spotted on the playground if anyone is in need of help or support.
This helps us to achieve what we talk about in our school in our verse:
“In our school family, we give out good, so that everyone feels strong, powerful and happy.”
Global Citizens
The Global Citizen Committee is made up of three representatives from each class, from Year three upwards. The aim of the Global Citizens is to address environmental issues and promote sustainability by ensuring that all members of the school community reduce waste and work towards lowering energy consumption.
Junior Safety Officers
We have two Year six representatives as Junior Safety Officers, promoting awareness and delivering important messages regarding issues such as road safety to the school community in a fun and innovative way.
Science Ambassadors
Our team of Science Ambassadors includes children from Reception to Year six. The Science Ambassadors are a team of interested and talented scientists who enrich learning in this subject across our school.
Science Ambassadors supported special events in school to support British Science Week. Science Ambassadors worked with Mrs King to plan and deliver a series of workshops linked to many different areas of science.
At our Science Showcase, Science Ambassadors led engaging, interactive investigations and experiments which other children and their families could engage with.
In addition to this, the Science Ambassadors are consulted about developments in Science in school and provide information to their classmates about this subject area.
The Ethos Team
The Ethos Team work with Mrs Inns to extend, develop and support the Christian ethos of our school in order to embed Christian values and ensure that our environment reflects the Christian nature of the school.
Pupil Forum (EIP)
Our pupil forum is made up of children from local primary, secondary and special schools. We have representatives from Year 5 in 9 local primaries, one high school and one special school. The purposes of the forum are to build relationships between the schools and to work together with children from other schools to achieve shared goals.
The children meet every half term - initially during lockdown restrictions we met remotely, but now we meet in person. The children have been part of a number of initiatives so far including fundraising for charities overseas and closer to home. We raised money for Toilet Twinning, and were able to twin a toilet block in a school in Nigeria and a tap in DRC. We also raised money for the Chester based charity Kidsbank. In the next school year, our focus is on mental health and identifying all that we do across the schools to promote good mental health in schools.
Our forum last year was launched with a meeting at school with our local MP, who met with the children and answered their questions about their work and on a range of matters that are important to them such as renewable energy, electric cars, litter, and the fuel crisis.
PAC Committee
The Punctuality & Attendance Crew work with Ms Williamson, our Attendance Officer, to promote positive attendance and punctuality. PAC members are always busy!
Over recent terms they have planned and delivered assemblies about attendance and punctuality and organised competitions for children of all ages. Suggestions from PAC members has enabled us to extend the range of rewards we offer to recognise and encourage positive attendance and punctuality.
Playleaders
The Year five Playleaders team are busy every lunchtime! Their role is to organise outdoor games for children in younger years. Playleaders set out equipment and lead exciting activities which help children to enjoy active play, make friends and follow rules. Their games support children in building positive play habits and extending physical literacy.
The Playleaders also set an example as compassionate, kind and tolerant friends, helping other to develop these personal qualities.
School Bank Managers
Our team of school bank managers were recruited via a rigorous application process! This team of dedicated children apply their leadership, organisational and maths skills every week running our Hoole School Bank.
The Bank Manager set up the bank and serve children and their parents/carers when they come to pay into their bank accounts. When the bank closes, pupils then reconcile payments and organise the transfer of the funds to the West Cheshire Credit Union, who are our partners in running our bank.
The team have done a marvellous job supporting us in growing our bank over the last year. They are usually very busy now that we have so many savers in school!