Pupil Voice
We want pupils to have a say in how their school is run. We do this in different ways......we have active School Councils......seek pupils' views at their Annual Reviews, End of Year Reports and through questionnaires and ask for their ideas when we are designing new things.
WHAT HAVE OUR PUPILS BEEN TALKING ABOUT?
9th and 23rd February 2023
P16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
26th January 2023
P16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
12th January 2023
P16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
14th December 2022
P16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
10th November 2022
P16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
9th November 2022
SECONDARY COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
21st October 2022
SECONDARY COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
20th October 2022
P16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
13th October 2022
P16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
16th September 2022
P16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
3rd May 2022
POST16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting and the minutes can be found below.
5th April 2022
POST16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting which included discussion around work experience, Breakfast Club, a cake sale, health & safety and helping with trips. The full minutes can be found below.
4th February 2022
We are pleased to announce that we have recently appointed four Student Ambassadors. These are Post 16 students who applied, were interviewed and were successful in securing these new roles. The interview was difficult and the panel asked some challenging questions but our new ambassadors all shone in their own ways.
A huge congratulations to Isabella, Jay, Robbie and Daniel who are now our Student Ambassadors.
The role of the Student Ambassadors is to support the school and the pupils. They will be supporting with tours of the school (when we are able to resume these), supporting with school events and providing an additional voice for the students in the school. Any student can go and speak to one of the ambassadors if they have any worries or concerns and the ambassadors will report this to an adult on their behalf.
2nd December 2021
POST16 COUNCIL: The Council held a meeting to discuss appointing Student Ambassadors.
4th November 2021
POST 16 COUNCIL: The Council met for the first time since the pandemic started.
13th February 2020
POST 16 COUNCIL: We met today and discussed what went well during the fundraising morning. We also discussed what we could improve next time and decided that a list of prices would be good for the cashier as well as a tick list of items on sale for the waiter/waitress/sales person. Also decided to plan for people being away on the day of the planned event. We talked about what is good about being in school council and BC, TG and CLR all felt practicing speaking to groups has helped their confidence. I would like to take this opportunity to say how I have enjoyed working with everyone and wish everyone all the very best for the future. Julia Tester
30th January 2020
POST 16 COUNCIL: This morning we had a very successful fundraising morning. Everyone worked hard to welcome visitors. Other P16 students volunteered to help too. GD and RS were excellent at meeting and greeting people who arrived at reception. MA did a great job with cold drinks and waiting and CB volunteered and did a great job with hot drinks. BC made a fabulous waitress and took orders politely and efficiently. CLR acted as cashier and took the money and was helped by volunteers DS and OB. LJ helped with clearing up. We raised £70 and would like to thank everyone for their great support.
23rd Januray 2020
POST 16 COUNCIL: Today we met and finalised arrangements for next week's fundraising morning. BC and MA went to Mr Senior and asked to use collecting buckets on the morning which has been agreed. MA will pick up next week. All clear on their roles for next Thursday morning and looking forward to it. All attended today.
16th January 2020
POST 16 COUNCIL: This morning P16 School Council met and discussed roles for the fundraising event. TG will serve hot drinks. CLR meet and greet, BC waitress, MA cold drinks and Pam and myself generally help with all and with biscuits. TG delivered posters to classrooms and suggested a table to sell Enterprise items. This is agreed as long as a student can take charge of this and keep the takings separate. MA was absent this week as was BC. Julia Tester
9th January 2020
POST 16 COUNCIL: The Council met and designed invitations for fundraising refreshment morning. This to take place 30.1.20 from 10.30-12 in P16 Common Room. Families welcome. Drink and a biscuit £1.50.
5th December 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: The P16 school council met. All students stated one thing they liked about school and one thing they would like to change. Students celebrated the amount raised for the Nailsea Food Bank: 63.52 kg to go to Christmas Hampers for local people. All agreed to raise funds for school sports centre. Chose Thurs 30th January for a fundraising coffee morning in the P16 common room. The coffee morning will run from 10-11.30. P16 school council members will set up from 9.20 and clear away until lunch time. Next School Council meeting to be 9 January when invitations will be drawn up.
Seasons Greetings from P16 School Council, Pam and Julia
28th November 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: The school council met again with Katie Warren today and she shared the simplified ECHP with them. They made further suggestions and Katie took these on board and thanked TG, MA and CLR for their great input.
21st November 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: We had expected Katie Warren again to check alterations made to her document. However she was unable to make it and will attend next week. The two students who came to school council, TG and MA, discussed the merits of raising money for the school or for a charity.
14th November 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: Today the P16 school council welcomed Katie Warren who came to discuss draft recommendations for information hand-outs for students, regarding ECHPs. The students were very helpful in pointing out that the document would be better with less words and Katie has reduced some of the summary points and is hoping to get a symbol handout as well.
7th November 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: Today the school council replied to Katie Warren's email regarding sharing information on a new SEND document. They welcome her to come to the school and we await a date. The school council also voted on a fundraising activity for after Christmas and voted TG as leader of the group. Next week they will discuss who they wish to fundraise for as it was a divided vote this week.
17th October 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: Today, BC acted as Secretary and CLR as Chairperson. The group reviewed the Food Bank appeal and what went well as well as what they could improve next time. They chose to fundraise in the Spring term and will discuss this further at the next meeting after half term.
10th October 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: Today P16 school council (MA, BC, TG and CLR) worked hard getting the hall ready to welcome the representatives from the local Food Bank. They thanked the pupils for donating so much and at the close of the assembly TG and MA helped carry donations to the car. The Food Bank representative gave a moving talk about people who use the Food Bank and thanked everyone for helping them again this year.
3rd October 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: The P16 school council gave the assembly today for the Food Bank Appeal. MA operated the computer and TG, CLR and BC read out slides and encouraged interaction. All donations welcomed by next Thursday when a food bank rep will come to collect them.
26th September 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: This morning the Council practised the Food Bank Appeal assembly Presentation. They worked well as a team and feel ready for the assembly next Thursday at 10.30. TG acted as secretary and CLR as Chairperson.
19th September 2019
POST 16 COUNCIL: The school council met and MA acted as secretary and TG as Chairperson. Photos were taken of this years council and work started on Presentation for Food Bank Appeal. Next week school council will run until 9.45 in order to allow the presentation to be completed ready for assembly on 3.10.19.
12th September 2019:
POST 16 COUNCIL: We met today for the first P16 School Council meeting this year. CLR, MA, SB, TG and BC came. We discussed council procedures and assembly for Nailsea Food Bank and aim for the students to do a presentation in Assembly Thurs 3 October.