School Council

School Council 2023-24

School Council News
David and I have been quite busy recently. We have been helping Mr Lumb choose some new members of staff. We are currently organising our first assembly and soon we are going to be conducting a whole school survey sent out by the Children’s Commissioner called The Big Ambition Survey. This is to get children’s views across the country so we can have our say about the country too. I believe this is very important because we have important views too.

David, the Deputies and I helped the teachers and Mr Lumb with Parents’ Evening last week. We were a bit nervous at first, but we enjoyed the evening, and we hope that you had good meetings.

We are all looking forward to the Christmas activities happening around school, especially the Nativities, which we hope we will get to watch with you, and the Christmas Fayre. We hope to see lots of you there!

Thank you for reading,
Elsie Linnecor.
Head Girl.

School Council News
We wanted to share with you some very exciting things that are going to be happening over the coming months with the school council. Recently, we have helped Mr Lumb choose some new teachers for our school and in the next few weeks we will be helping him choose some new teaching assistants.

We are also in the process of arranging our Takeover Day, the day when the kids in the school take over from the adults. We will become Mr and Miss Lumb for the day and the other school councillors will become the teachers. We are already thinking about the lessons we would like to teach across the school and have lots of ideas.

Finally, we will be booking our annual trip to the Houses of Parliament. This will take place in the spring term and we are very excited about going to London, seeing this amazing building and learning more about democracy.

That is all for now. Elsie and David                 Head Girl and Boy

School Council News
This week Elsie went to the Leeds Children’s Mayor awards at Leeds Civic Hall. She was very confident and met lots of new people, including the new Lord Mayor. Unfortunately, Elsie did not become the new Leeds Children’s Mayor but we are all very proud of her and lucky to have her as our Head Girl.
This month all the classes from Year 1 to 5, have selected their school councillors. In our next meeting we will be coming up with exciting plans to make the school an even better place. We can’t wait to tell you what we have come up with.

This year on the school council we have:
Cherry Class - Harper & Jaxson

Beech Class - Willow & Billy

Willow Class - Ella A & Kian

Hazel Class - Scarlett & Jack

Chestnut Class - Lana & Freddie

Maple Class - Keanna & Connor

Palm Class - Holly & Armi

Spruce Class - Ella M & Ryan

Cedar Class - Ella F & Isaac

Elsie and David          Head Girl and Boy
Lewis and Nancy       Deputy Head Boy and Girl

School Council News
Welcome to the School Council section of the newsletter. Both the Head Girl and Boy usually write this but we have a special message from the Head Girl:

Hi, I’m Elsie, the Head Girl, but I am also running for the Leeds Children’s Mayor this year. As you know, poverty is an issue in this country now and the need for food banks is growing. When I first learnt about food banks from my mum I was shocked and knew that I wanted to help, in whatever way I could. Therefore, when I heard about the Leeds Children’s Mayor in a School Council meeting I knew this was my opportunity to help.
I want every school to have a growing area where they can grow just one thing for the food banks. I also think city wide events where money can be raised for food banks would be a great idea, as it would raise awareness too.
I believe that we can all make a difference if we work together. Children and young people under the age of 18 can vote, but you must make two votes. The link is:

https://surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/LCMVote23/

Please vote for me so we can create real change together.
Thank you,
Elsie.
Head Girl.

School Council 2022-23

School Council News
Firstly, can we start with Take Over Day. What an amazing day! We have heard from the School Council members and our Year 6 friends how much they fun they had. We hope everyone else had fun too.
This is our final newsletter and we can’t let it pass without talking about some of our highlights of the year. The top one was obviously London and having a tour of the Houses of Parliament. What an experience!
Finally, we would like to say a massive thank you to the rest of the School Council members who have worked so hard all year to be a great asset to our amazing school. We hope everyone has a FANTASTIC summer holiday and wish us luck in High School!
Harrison and Kirby.

School Council News
We would like to start with welcoming David Moon into School Council. We are looking forward to working with you! This term we are focusing on preparing for Election Day and meeting the candidates for Head Boy and Head Girl. Once we know who all 8 are we will let you know.

As well as this we need to prepare for Takeover Day. During our last meeting we all discussed what we would like to base it on. This year we have all decided we would like to learn about diversity, in particular, different cultures in different countries so lots of planning to do!

At the end of May, the Year 5 members of the School Council are going to Leeds Civic Hall. Here they will:

Hear from Cllr Venner.
Meet the current Children’s Mayor and learn about his manifesto.
Meet the Lord Mayor of Leeds.
Take part in fun activities and workshops.
Learn about and write a manifesto ready for the 2023 / 2024 Children’s Mayor elections.

This year we are hoping to have a candidate for the Leeds Children’s Mayor. More information to follow!
Thank you for reading,
Harrison and Kirby.

School Council News
Firstly, we would like to tell you about our amazing, one in a lifetime trip to the Houses of Parliament. It was fantastic! I think I speak for every member of the School Council and I can say it was the best trip we’ve ever been on! We got to go into the House of Commons and the House of Lords and we learnt so much about how the government works and how laws are made.
Mr Lumb and Miss Roberts even took us to the Natural History Museum where we got to see lots of amazing exhibits including feeling what it would have been like to be in an Earthquake!
I think Harrisons favourite part of the day was the dough balls, pizza and ice-cream he had in Pizza Express just before we came home.
Unfortunately, we didn’t get to meet our local MP, Hilary Benn, but we can exclusively reveal that he is going to attend Results Day in July when he will announce who is the next Head Boy and Head Girl. This term we will be preparing for Election Day and Takeover Day, where School Council and Year 6 will take over staff roles in school. More information to follow.
Thank you for reading,
Kirby and Harrison (Head Girl and Boy)

School Council News

I don’t think there is anywhere else to start than our upcoming trip to London!

Everyone on the council can’t wait to go on a train and then an underground train when we get there. Mr Lumb has told us that we will be going to the Natural History Museum in the morning to see the exhibition on Dinosaurs. We can’t wait as one of our favourite programs is Camp Cretaceous on Netflix.

After lunch we will be making our way to The Houses of Parliament. We will get to go inside and have a tour of the building before finding out how laws are made. If Hilary Benn, our MP is there at the time, he has said he will come and say hello.

Harrison is really looking forward to the next bit – Pizza Express. Mr Lumb has said if we are really good during the day he will take us all to Pizza Express near Kings Cross Train Station just before we come home. We are planning to get back to Leeds at 9.30 pm so it will have been a long but amazing day.

Thank you for reading,
Kirby and Harrison (Head Girl and Boy)

School Council News:
This month we have been involved in interviewing for the new Attendance Officer and it has been great to help Mr Lumb choose someone new to work for our school.

We hope you have all enjoyed the video we helped create to showcase our school. We are very proud of it; especially everyone who spoke so well. Well done! If you haven’t seen it yet make sure you look at the school’s YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-sksZRJDgo&t=35s

An extra special thankyou to Harrison and Ryan who were interviewed about our amazing new library by BBC Radio Leeds. It was a great experience and we feel lucky to be involved.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dxftp3

Right now, our attention is focused on our upcoming London trip where we will tour around the Houses of Parliament. We are excited to find out about our itinerary!

Thank you for reading,
Harrison and Kirby.

School Council News:
Happy New Year!
We have a lot happening this year in the School Council. This term we are looking forward to meeting Hilary Benn MP when we visit the Houses of Parliament. We can’t wait to catch the train to London and then to experience what it is like to go inside the amazing building we saw when the New Year’s Eve fireworks in London were happening.

In school we are continuing to try to improve our playground. We have designed posters that tell all the children how to play football in a kind and safe way.

Thank you.                                         Kirby and Harrison               Head Girl and Head Boy

School Council
We have recently written the new child friendly anti-bullying policy. We worked as a group to decide what was really important. We are looking forward to sharing it with everyone it is really important.
Last week, in our Happy Healthy Time, we asked our classes for Two Stars and a Wish.
All the staff in school are caring, kind and you can talk to them.
      We all love the rewards that we get in school, such as Star Assembly, McDonald’s reading treat with Mr Lumb and hot chocolate.
Our wish – we need to review playground equipment for playtimes, including lunchtime.
Harrison and Kirby.
Head Boy and Head Girl.

School Council News
We wanted to share with you some very exciting things that are going to be happening over the coming months with the school council.

On Friday, 4th November a film crew are coming into school to create an advert for our school to try to get as many mums and dads to choose our school for their children. The school council will be the stars of the film and we can’t wait.

We are also in the process of arranging our Take Over day, the day when the kids in the school take over from the adults. We will become Mr and Miss Lumb for the day and the other school councillors will become the teachers.

Finally, we have just found out that Mr Lumb and Miss Roberts will be taking us to London to visit the Houses of Parliament. Our visit will be in March 2023 and if we are lucky, when we are at the H of P we will get to meet Hilary Benn, the MP for Leeds.

That is all for now. Lots of Love Kirby and Harrison                 Head Girl and Boy

School Council News:

This month all the classes from Year 1 to 5, have selected their school councillors. In our next meeting we will be coming up with exciting plans to make the school an even better place. We can’t wait to tell you what we have come up with.

This year on the school council we have:

Cherry Class	Hope-Rae	Davin
Beech Class	Gracie	Guy
Willow Class	Gracie B	Kit
Hazel Class	Berry B	Armi
Chestnut Class	Pheobe	Adem
Maple Class	Berry	Ryan
Palm Class	Sienna	Ethan
Spruce Class	Isabelle	Oscar
Cedar Class	Elsie	Lewis

Kirby and Harrison - Head Boy and Head Girl

School Council 2021-22

School Council News:

We can't believe that this is our final newsletter! This year has flown by! It's been great to get the School Council up and running properly again after COVID. The stars and wishes this month were how much we all love Hunslet Boys' Club at lunch time and school dinners. The wish was that we could have longer to eat our lunches.

Right now, we are currently helping the candidates with their speeches because Election Day is Monday! We can't wait to hear them and to see who gets the most votes. Remember, every vote counts and all votes should remain private.

Thank you for reading all of our newsletters,
Isabelle, Carson, Angel and Armandas.

School Council News:

We hope that you had a great week off and enjoyed the Jubilee celebrations. We had a street party picnic on the last day before we broke up to celebrate and it was brilliant!

Since last term we have been recording our very own Newsround. We are all becoming a lot more confident when speaking in front of the camera; especially the younger members of the School Council.

Every month the School Council members in their classes take over part of the Circle Time lesson. We think this is great because everyone in school now gets their opinions heard, such as whether they like school dinners or not. We are looking forward to hearing what the stars and wishes are this month.

Thank you for reading, Isabelle and Armandas.

This week the children fed back what their classes told them in Circle Time. Some great feedback. The school love their school dog, Arlo, inspirational visitors (such as Liam Cooper) and all the exciting lessons they have.

This week the School Council met to discuss their part in Circle Time. We practised how our part in the lesson would run. We are finding out what our classes like and would want to change in our school.
Holly, in Year 2, also shared her news about her sponsored walk.

School Council Newsround

School Council News:
We hope that you had a lovely Easter holiday and lots of chocolate! I've already had three Easter eggs (Carson). We are really happy that the sun is finally starting to shine every morning, making us happy and ready to come into school.

This term we are going to be looking at re-introducing our playground buddies and launching our very own SC Newsround (coming soon!)

Thank you for reading,
Isabelle and Carson.

School Council News:
What a February! It was the best month! We got to meet Liam Cooper then two weeks later we took over the school with the rest of the School Council and Year 6.
Liam Cooper's visit was very special to us and the whole school. He showed us that Impossible really is Nothing! It was fantastic hearing about how resilient he is. Liam Cooper is an inspiration to all of us at Hunslet Carr!
Everyone enjoyed Takeover Day; it was so much fun. It was great seeing all the children taking on different roles around the school such as teachers, dinner staff and sport leaders. We personally enjoyed leading the Star Assemblies with Mr Lumb.
We hope March is going to be just as busy!

Thank you for reading,
Isabelle and Carson.

School Council News:
So far this year, thing have been a little quiet. What with COVID it is hard for us all to work with each other as we are trying to keep mixing between year groups down.
However, February is going to be the month where things start to get busy for the school councillors.
On Wednesday, 9th Feb, Mr Lumb and Miss Roberts will be taking us around the local streets near school to pick up litter and make our community a nicer place to be.
Towards the end of the month we will be taking over the school for a day. The school council will come dressed as the Headteacher, Assistant Heads, Teachers, Caretakers, Office Staff and Dinner Staff.
While Carson and I will be dressing up as Mr Lumb, the school counsellors who are teachers will be teaching lessons that day on the importance of looking after your mental health. We can’t wait!
We are also excited about another project that is happening in school and looking forward to letting you know more about it during next month’s newsletter.

Thank you for reading,
Isabelle and Carson (Head Girl and Head Boy)

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/
Here you will find great recipes for eating well; activities that you can do together as a family and you can also check out which snacks are good to pop in your child’s lunchbox.
So what are you waiting for? You’re only one click away from make a real difference to your family’s wellbeing.

School Council News
Hello,

The whole of School Council have now been elected and if you come into school you will see everyone proudly wearing their badges. During our first meeting our Head Boy, Carson, brought up the important issue of Climate Change and what we, as a school and community, can do to help our local and wider environment. This is an area which everyone on the council is passionate about therefore something we will be addressing this year. Look out for further information about this as we have lots of ideas!

Thank you for reading,
Isabelle and Carson

School Council Meeting
3.11.21

A great first meeting of the School Council. Every member introduced themselves and told the other members an interesting fact. We are looking forward to a busy year with our agenda filling up after one session!

Our Head Boy, Carson, raised the important issue of Climate Change and how we, as a school, can help the environment. We talked about recycling and decided this was the way we could make sure that we are doing our bit properly. A few ideas to engage children (and staff!) about this important issue was to tell their classes when they returned, prepare and present an assembly, hold another Takeover Day and have the main focus as Climate Change and what we can do to help.

Please come back and find out how much progress we have made with this! We are very excited about tackling our first major issue.

School Council News
We would like to introduce ourselves as the newly elected Head Girl and Head Boy this year. We are Isabelle Naylor and Carson Ellis. All the candidates did really well and the speeches can be viewed on our website.
We are excited about representing our school and everyone in it! Now that we have been elected we will be having our first meeting with the whole of the School Council where we will decide what we are focusing on this year. We have lots of ideas which will be shared with you in the next newsletter and on our section of the school website.
Thank you,
Isabelle and Carson.

The votes have now been counted and we would like to introduce you to our new Head Boy and Girl and our Deputy Head Boy and Girl.

Head Boy
Carson Ellis

Head Girl
Isabelle Naylor

Deputy Head Boy
Armandas Gabalis

Deputy Head Girl
Angel Cunningham

It's that time of year again where we look to elect our new Head Boy and Head Girl.
Take a look at our candidates speeches . Who will win?

Missy-Mae Buchanan

Promedie Makiese

Harrison Irvine

Isabelle Naylor

Carson Ellis

Emily Quante-Garside

Angel Cunningham

Armandas Gabalis

School Council
This month classes from Year 1 to 5, have selected their class representatives.
On the School Council’s first agenda we need to elect the new Head Boy and Head Girl. As a school council we will be working to support children in Year 6 to write their speeches and record them ready to try to earn people’s votes.
Keep your eye on the school website for the speeches and results! Good luck to each candidate!

Julia Earnshaw
School Council

School Council 2020-21
This year because of COVID-19 we had to hold our elections for Head Girl and Boy in a very different way. First of all, we had to wait until the children were in school and in Year 6. Then we couldn't go to the hall to give our candidate speeches, so we filmed them and put them on the school's Youtube Channel. After that, all the children voted in their classrooms and sent the results through to Ms Roberts who then filmed the results with Mr Lumb. The whole school then watched the Youtube videos to see the results.
You can see the videos we are talking about by following the links below.

Head Girl Candidate Speeches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWYuJTxR4xg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxc7vML9dzE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahoDH7y6h-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZkSePbPK84

Head Boy Candidate Speeches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjQbLCT7dpc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWGuZjYa9XE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ALh-j45oo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFA3Q1NzXhA

The winner's announced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMTdkdwiC2Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IhWKJA2Jok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txQp6dTjKfM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhG0QS8lO1Q

Unfortunately, at this moment in time, our school council haven't been able to meet or make the school better through our ideas, but we hope that changes soon.

School Council News
We have finally had our first School Council meeting. All the members received their badges and we discussed the upcoming final months of this academic year.

Firstly, Jamie explained his involvement in a governor's meeting all about his experiences in lockdown. Well done Jamie for speaking so well!

Members of the school council have been trying to persuade Mr Lumb to get a school dog. He listened to the powerful arguments put forward and at the moment is getting all the necessary information he needs to be able to make a decision. The dog would need to live at the house of one of the teachers and it would need time in the day to go for walks, so it is not as easy as just saying yes, but here on the council we all have our fingers crossed.

Over the coming weeks we are going to be concentrating on our upcoming Election Day to elect the new Head Boy and Head Girl.

Miss J Roberts
School Council

School Council 2019-20

Hello from Abigail and James, the head girl and boy of the school.
Welcome to our school and well done for finding your way to what we think is the best bit of the website!
Here we will keep you up-to-date with all the things the School Council is working on to make the school the best place it can be for all of the kids who come here.
Read on to find out what we have been focused on lately.

Abigail and James, Yr6

To see Minutes from our School Council Meetings, please click here

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