School Council
Meet our School Councillors:
Parkstone Primary School’s School Council are all extremely conscientious! All pupils voted for a representative to represent their views and raise issues with Mrs Waller and Mr Rogers and Governors of their school. Mrs Collins meets weekly with them to discuss a range of topics specifically on how we can improve the school. They also spend time meeting each week to discuss any issues raised by the pupils and raise money for new school resources. They have worked together to come up with a School Council Action plan. You can read it here:
Our School Councillors also deliver assemblies to their classes. Here are some of the things they have been discussing:
‘Pupils are very positive about their
mathematics work.’
Ofsted
‘Children in early years learn phonics as soon as they start school.’
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‘In Reception, phonics is taught every day.’
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‘Pupils talk with pride about the ‘leading learner’ badges
they get for reading regularly, arriving on time and trying hard.’
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‘Leaders’ relationships and sex education and health education
curriculums give pupils an age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships.’
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‘Staff are happy, and morale
is high.’
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‘Teachers use ‘pinny time’ to revisit the sounds that children have been
taught, as they learn through play.’
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‘Teachers model language and sounds accurately. This means that Reception children get off to a strong start with their reading.’
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‘All
adults have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.’
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‘ Subject leaders benefit from meeting staff in
other trust schools to exchange ideas and good practice.’
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‘Pupils thrive at this inclusive school.’
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‘All pupils know the school rules.’
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‘Pupils discuss and analyse texts during their
‘reading mastery’ lessons.’
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‘Pupils enjoy the books their teacher reads to them.’
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‘Pupils who are falling behind in their phonics get extra help to catch up.’
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‘Classrooms are oases of calm. As a
result, pupils are happy. They feel safe at school.’
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‘The geography curriculum is a strength of the school.
Leaders have carefully set out what they want pupils to know by the end of each year.’
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‘Teachers have strong subject
knowledge and use geographical vocabulary with precision.’
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‘One pupil told the
inspector that, ‘school is amazing because teachers include everyone.’
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‘The governing body challenges leaders on the actions they are taking to improve the school.’
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‘Leaders
have provided teachers with the phonics training they need.’
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‘Reception children get opportunities to explore numbers all the time.
Daily mathematics lessons help them to count with speed and confidence.’
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‘In mathematics, teachers make daily checks on pupils’ understanding. This ensures that the work pupils do is suitably challenging.’
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‘The reading curriculum is well organised.’
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‘Pupils could talk about rainfall and temperature graphs, as well as the impact of the River Nile on Egyptian settlements.’
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‘Teachers say that leaders listen to their views and help them to manage their workload.’
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