Leadership Roles at Coney Hill

We want our pupils to be confident, capable leaders who shape the world around them, and take the lead in making this happen. We endeavour to give all children lots of opportunities to share their ideas and opinions and play an active role in the decisions that affect their learning and well-being.

We have lots of ways that the children can do this; read on to find out about the leadership roles we currently offer.

Reading Champions

We have been overwhelmed with children applying to be Reading Champions this year! So much so, that after the initial applications and interviews of 26 children, Mrs Clements had to choose them all - what a wonderful problem to have!

For this year, there will be two teams of Reading Champions, each responsible for a different part of the school year.

Responsibilities will include:

Giving reading recommendations during Reading Rocks assemblies each week
Promoting a love of reading across the school!
Taking pride in the school library and class libraries - ensuring they are tidy, organised and appealing for all children.
Devising and supporting reading fundraising activities
Reading new releases and creating reviews and recommendations before the books become part of the library stock
Helping to choose ‘Authors of the Term’ and support during Reading Rocks Assemblies
Reading to other children across the school.
Choosing recommended books and authors for individuals and whole classes
Taking pride in their role by showcasing their ‘Reading Champion Badge’.

School Council

Our School Council aims to encourage our children to:

To have a ‘voice’ and to share their opinions and ideas with others
Become more confident, resilient and independent, and to develop strength of character
Develop confidence, a sense of responsibility and make the most of their abilities
Prepare them to play an active role as citizens
Develop good relationships with peers, stakeholders and other adults in school
Have mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs

Our School Council will give children the experience of:

Planning, organising and monitoring small projects
Speaking and listening skills to include working with external professionals
Debating skills
Mediation and negotiating skills
Basic budgeting and managing money
Preparing our pupils for citizenship, by teaching them about roles, rights and responsibilities within the school system
Preparing a proposal, manage any delegated funds and report on the impact
Sharing information with their class, and get ideas and views from their peers

We hold regular meetings with the School Council, to discuss projects, any issues raised by their classmates, and ideas for improving the school and the community. Pupil representatives are responsible for giving feedback to their individual classes and listening to their ideas and suggestions, in readiness to feedback at the next council meeting.

Elections

Upholding the British value of democracy, class elections are held at the start of every year so that different representatives can put forward their election speeches as well as developing the full potential of the School Councils to complete tasks. Those children wishing to be elected, must prepare and deliver a speech to their peers. The class then votes for their representatives.

School Council Team

The School Council Team is led by the School Council Teaching Partner lead and a Senior Teacher. Working alongside the children, they will prepare the agenda for each meeting and support the children to write minutes. They will also ensure that school staff are informed of decisions made.

House Captains

Our House Captains and Vice Captains are members of Year 6 and are elected by members of each of our four house teams - Phillips (Red), Teague (Yellow), Tindall (Green) and Edwards (Blue) - by vote, at the start of the year.

The role of the House Captains is to support and lead their houses, across the academic year, in various interhouse activities, from Science quizzes to Benchball competitions, as well as the weekly collection of Pride points which add the house totals. Winning houses each term are rewarded and celebrated!

Reception Buddies

All of our Year 6 children are matched up as buddies with our Reception children to be great role models, support them at break and lunchtime, encourage positive play, friendship and interaction. They play a huge part in welcoming our youngest Hillers onto the playground, helping them to feel safe and happy.

Play Leaders

Play Leaders are role models who have been trained to organise activities for other children on the playground. They encourage children to join in games and to extend their friendships. The leadership skills that they have been taught will also help to raise self-esteem, self -confidence and encourage physical activity.

A Play Leader should aim to have the following qualities:

To be a great role model
Be Kind
Be able to help other children
Abide by rules
Respect equipment
Be honest, reliable and trustworthy
To be a good team member

Aims of Play Leaders:

To improve behaviour on the playground
To provide a safe area for children to practise their social skills
To develop friendships between pupils
To encourage problem solving
To teach pupils appropriate skills and games
To be a good role model for their peers

Wellbeing Ambassadors

Coming soon for 23-24

Digital Leaders

At Coney Hill Community Primary School we are proud to announce the new role of Digital Leader. Our Digital Leader children are children who:

• love technology and are good at using it with confidence.

• are able to work independently and also in a team as a co-operative team player.

• Can help others to learn new skills and improve existing ones.

• Are enthusiastic.

• Are patient.

• Are honest, trustworthy and reliable.

Their role in our school, besides championing Computing of course, is to share their learning with other children and staff. They are our Computing ambassadors who not only share their ideas and can make suggestions towards the future of computing at our school but they also trial and evaluate new equipment in our school.