Minutes

Tuesday 19th May 10.20 p.m. ICT room

Present:- Mr Brown – Teacher rep, Sarah Greenwood – admin/minutes
Class representatives: Robins – APOLOGIES
Starlings – B.H & L.C
Woodpeckers- J.H & E.R
Blackbirds – J.A & M.B
Owls – M.W & A.B-I
Wrens – M.R & L.G


• Re-cap/ from previous meeting – Mr Brown thanked the children, Aiva in particular for asking class friends what type of equipment they would like to see in school. This included, slides, swings, more red shed equipment and more time to play.

• Topic for today’s agenda: Homework

Owls & Wrens representatives explain they only receive Reading as homework, not numeracy/literacy work sheets etc. They would like homework which includes learning about homes (like they are in class) or counting in 2’s.

Blackbirds & Woodpeckers representatives think they get a good amount of homework, but would like homework on different subjects like history etc. Sometimes when they get home it is hard to understand what is needed from the homework, so they would like the teacher to explain it in school. They feel the homework they receive is at a good level, but would maybe like something which is more challenging also.

Robins & Starlings representatives find their homework challenging – sometimes a bit too hard and don’t have enough time to do it. They would like their teacher to explain the homework before giving it out. Art would be a good subject for homework – like making an animal or drawing. They would like PE homework – but couldn’t think of a type of homework other than combining it with Numeracy – like going into a store to buy footballs, finding out how much things are etc.


Mr Brown has now asked the School Council reps to find out from their class-mates what their thoughts on homework are. Are they happy with the amount they receive, would they like different subjects etc. Findings are to be fed-back at next meeting on 2nd June 2009.

Minutes

Meeting held 5th May 2009

The School Council members discussed the results of a pupil questionnaire that was given out to all pupils last year.
The questionnaire asked over 20 questions, mainly with yes and no answers about different aspects of the school, including things like; what they thought about behaviour, teachers and equipment in the school.

The School Council representatives agreed with the results of this questionnaire, some points are highlighted below;
Children are happy and learn well in school - 92% said yes in questionnaire.
Not everyone has good manners in school - 24% think not.
Children would sometimes like Teachers to speak slower and more clearly.
36% of children say there isn't enough equipment in school, the School Council Members agreed, saying they would like more bikes, a slide, football posts/pitch and swings.

The meeting came to close, with Representatives asked to talk to their class-mates about some of the questions to feed back to Mr Brown.