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Mellor Community Primary School

School Council

Meet the Team

We are Mellor’s School Council and represent each of the classes in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. At the start of the year, we were elected by other children in our class. We did a presentation to share why we would be an ideal class representative and our classmates voted us in.
We take a lead on fundraising at the school. This includes making decisions on which charities we support, think of ways to fundraise and raise awareness of the impact of the charities.
School Council meet regularly and we take ideas and questions from our classmates to our meetings and feedback following them. We listen to other children in the school and use pupil voice to affect change.

School Councillors 23-24 (ID 1282)

Report to Governors

2024/25

 

Summer Term 23/24

KS2 School Council reps visited the Houses of Parliament in London. We met Claudia Webbe who is the Member of Parliament for our area, Leicester East. Claudia talked to us about Democracy and took us to Westminster Hall. We enjoyed a tour of Parliament, especially visiting both the House of Lords and House of Commons. We even sat in the public gallery in the Houses of Commons and viewed a debate between the Chancellor and the leader of the opposition.

We have chosen to support Cancer Research UK this half term. We organised a Race at our Place and classes were timetabled to enjoy the race on the school field. We were excited because parents and carers joined us at school for the race. Children collected sponsorship for this important cause and the current total stands at £3100.  

School Council have been planning how to encourage responsible use of toilets. We generated a list of rules and designed posters that will be displayed in toilets. We will be speaking to children in assemblies about the importance of respectful and responsible use so the areas are always safe and clean for the next person using them.

Spring Term 23/24

We worked with the Creativity Council to create art work that was displayed at the Freedom of Expression exhibition at Highcross. We thought about what makes a happy family and painted our ideas onto a table and chairs. We achieved a certificate for the Arts Award Explore.

We take a lead on fundraising and the non-uniform day for the charity Anti-Bullying Alliance raised £445. This was around Anti-Bullying week and we presented important messages to other children in assemblies. Children and adults came to school dressed in their favourite colours. We also chose to support NSPCC’s Number Day. We asked everyone to come to school wearing a number and there were lots of fun number activities in classes. In assemblies, we learnt more about NSPCC and we raised £411.

We were asked by Bhav to find out about the popular items on our school dinner menu. We decided on how to collect the information and this was passed onto the catering company. There was also a week when the kitchen cooked curries using new recipes and we collected the views of our classes and reported their preferences.

Autumn Term 23/24 

We were elected by other children to be the School Council reps for our classes. We have attended meetings and our aim this year is to have a positive impact on the school community and beyond.
We are working with the Creativity Council to create an Art exhibition that will be displayed at Highcross. This is for a charity called Living Without Abuse. We thought about what makes a happy family and our ideas have been used by an artist to plan the work. We are excited about creating the art work.
We had a visit from our local MP, Claudia Webbe. It was an opportunity for us to ask her questions about her role and we found out about her proudest achievement as a politician, the challenges she has faced on her journey and how she has overcome these and we also got some advice to further our interest in helping the community.
We take a lead on fundraising and the non-uniform day for Jeans for Genes day raised £475. In Autumn 2, we have chosen to support the charity Anti-Bullying Alliance and have asked children and staff to come to school dressed in their favourite colours.
Finally, we will be delivering important messages through our Anti-Bullying campaign. We will present Anti-Bullying assemblies to other children in phase assemblies and also promote Odd Socks day to raise awareness of Anti-Bullying Week 2023.

 

Projects

Summer Term 24-25

Spring Term 23-24

Autumn Term 23-24

Summer Term 22-23

Spring Term 22-23

At our School Council meeting, we chose to support Children in Need in November. The children and staff came to school dressed in yellow or spots and donated £1. We raised a total of £422.
In the Spring term, we decided to support the charity Family Fund which helps families with disabled children. In assemblies, we learnt about the work that Family Fund do and how the £490 we raised will help families.
We delivered important messages through our Anti-Bullying campaign. We presented Anti-Bullying assemblies to other children in phase assemblies and promoted Odd Socks day to raise awareness of Anti-Bullying Week 2022.
More recently, we have carried out a school dinner menu survey with children in classes, a Microsoft form to parents and also analysed the numbers of meals ordered each day. We found out what the most popular items are for children and also what is less popular. A few of us met with George from Caterlink to share our findings. We talked about what we like to eat off the menu, our dislikes and also what we would like to see moving forwards.

Autumn Term 22-23

School Council decide on the charities we support. The reps chose to support Children in Need and children and staff came to school dressed in yellow or spots. We raised £446 and also learnt about the good work that Children in Need do and how this helps children and families.
During Anti-Bullying Week 2022, School Council reps delivered Anti-Bullying assemblies to children. We also took part in Odd Socks Day which was an opportunity to express ourselves and celebrate our individualities.
School Council reps organised a non-uniform day and we raised £450. The reps chose and ordered plants which they enjoyed planting in the Calm Area.

Councillor Nita Solanki meets School Council

One of the councillors for the Belgrave Ward, Cllr Nita Solanki visited Mellor and delivered an inspirational talk to our School Council reps. Prior to her visit, the reps researched about the role of a councillor and thought of some questions to ask Nita. We learnt about Nita’s proudest achievement as a councillor, the challenges she has faced on her journey and how she has overcome these, her ambitions and also managed to get some advice to further our interest in community work. Following the aspirational talk, we gave Nita a tour of our school and showed the exciting work we have displayed around the school.

Rocket Round Leicester

Our Rocket Round Leicester journey began with an immersive opportunity for our children. They were curious and excited at a mysterious package being delivered to the school. Our school council representatives created a video to reveal the jet and set the children the task of creating designs that would go onto our school’s rocket. Themes that appear on the artwork are our school’s values and diversity in Leicester which led to the pupils naming the jet Unity XXI. Following the selection of designs, the children decorated the rocket. As part of the Rocket Round Leicester project, our rocket was displayed in Leicester City Centre over Summer 2021. At Mellor, our children recognise the importance of charity. They developed their knowledge of the great work done at our local hospice, LOROS, and raised an impressive £1,958.

Mysterious Object at Mellor

Mysterious Object Reveal

Guide Dogs UK

School Council reps chose to fundraising for Guide Dogs UK. There were live talks streamed from the school hall by a representative from Guide Dogs UK and a guide dog owner. Following the talks, the guide dog and her owner visited the children in the classrooms. This was an excellent opportunity for the children to ask questions and understand the importance of service doges. School Council requested all children and adults to dress in an animal theme and also share the dress up ideas. In total, we raised £485 for Guide Dogs UK.

 

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