Student Council Applicants

Well done to Guilli, Richie, Anika, Melyssa, Seb, Poon and Tom ...let me know who you are and I will change this post...who took an application form to be a student council rep for 3W. Don't forget to carefully fill them in and be ready to talk about them in class on Monday 18th.

Do you want to change the way things are at school?

Read on to find out more about how to become one of the next student council members for year 3

Here are some details from Miss Caswell:

Once elected the children have a clearly defined role.  They are expected to:-

• Talk to other children to find out what they think
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Listen carefully to others
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Represent the views of the class not themselves
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Attend regular meetings
  
  
  
  
  
• Keep and read minutes from meetings
  
  
  
  
  
• To report back to their classmates
  
  

The representatives are uged to talk to the children in their class to find out ideas.  They bring their findings to council meetings but are urged to be realistic and always remember to be polite.  The Council is not a ‘complaints committee.’  It is intended as a forum where children can help think of ways to improve Year 3.

We have been very impressed with the suggestions made by the children. For example, the Council requested that special steps be made to go with our outside water fountains as some of our ‘vertically challenged’ children were finding it difficult to drink.  Children have monitored our Adventure playground and have spotted potential repairs and reported them enabling us to fix them before they become a major and more expensive need.  The children are very vigilant and lets us know very quickly when they spot something.

See me for an application form, which needs to be handed in by the end of Monday 11th January or click here.


Elections will take place next week.

Student Council Reps and...It's not part of the topic but...

Well done to Joe and Punn, the brand new, sparkling and enthusiastic 3W Student Council Reps for Term 1 . We had our class election today and children voted anonymously for their choice.

A big thankyou to ALL of the children who PARTICIPATED in the election but were not the overall winners. These were:
Seb, Anika, Richie and Ali. Everyone took a RISK and stood up in front of the rest of the class and said why they thought they would be a good Rep and also told us a little about their ideas for what could be changed.

I'd like to say a huge well done to Seb, who took this risk AND has only just started at Patana this term.

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We've been getting our work started neatly today... and we're getting quicker and neater at it too.

Here's some advanced warning:
We will be choosing our class student council reps this week. Here's a message from Miss Caswell:

"The student council will have their meetings during Golden Time on Fridays (half the time will be used for meeting and the other half fun activities).

Each class needs to carry out an election so that we have 2 student council representatives per class. It would be good if this were a boy and a girl but if it doesn't work out like that don't worry. Elections should be done by a private ballot to ensure fairness and democracy. "

Please ask me for an application form if you want to try to be a school council rep. You will need to fill it out, an advert and a detailed over view of what student councils are all about.

Applications were handed out on Tuesday to children who were interested and they are due in on Thursday at the latest.

To find out more, read the advert and the information sheet in class. Click here for the application form if you are interested.

Student Council Election

Term three is here and it is a time to say thankyou to Kristine and Gaius for representing the class as school council reps. They have worked very hard attending meetings, writing letters, collecting our opinions and taking risks by bravely speaking up for the rest of the class.

Ten people said they would like to take part in the elections for Term Three Student Council Representative for 3W.

Here is the application form. Please print and hand in before Thursday of next week (30th April).

Good luck.

Please be ready to say a few words to the class about why you would be a good rep.