School Council
Boxted St Peter’s has an active and extremely effective School Council which is involved in many decision making processes and initiatives within our school. The Council consists of two pupils from each year group, elected by their peers. They meet on a regular basis with the Deputy Headteacher to discuss a wide range of issues, concerns and/or ideas for school improvement. The School Council are keen to help organise any charity events, curricular learning days or take an active role in seeking ways to make their school life even more fulfilling and enjoyable.
At the beginning of each school year: they lead class discussions about lunchtime clubs to select which ones they would like to see in action; choose which charity events they would like to support over the school year; and begin to think about what visitors they could invite to the school to enrich their learning opportunities.
Over the rest of the year, the School Council enjoy organising and leading annual events such as 'Boxted's Got Talent', Christmas and Summer fayres, and other relevant events such as support the football world cups, the Olympics, World Book Day, Number Day, or Black History month. They also use School Council meetings to review important aspects of their school life such as feeling safe and happy, the impact we have on the environment, how children feel about learning experiences day to day.
On occasion, the School Council take part in staff recruitment or wider school points of discussion that link to the outside Boxted community such as events at the church, issues concerning our neighbours or meeting local sports groups.
Head Boy and Head Girl
At the beginning of each academic year, year six children are invited to stand as Head Boy or Girl in our annual elections. Children run their own election campaigns and then present to the whole school, outlining how they will represent the children of Boxted.
On voting day all children visit the Polling station and cast their vote.
Faith Group
Our Faith Group comprises of children from every year group. They meet once a week to discuss various topical issues. Together, they evaluate Collective Worship and discuss how acts of worship have impacted on their personal lives. They have been a great help with creating murals linked to our Bible stories this year and were very positive about the impact the Prayer Space had that was led by the Christian Youth Outreach team.
Faith Group also lead one act of whole school worship every half term; this might be related to the Christian Value of week, Saint Peter, or exploring the vision 'Let your light shine'. Our School Faith Group is led by Mrs Maggs who is our Foundation Governor and has close connections with our local church.
Sports Council
Once a month the Sports Council meet to discuss forthcoming events, clubs and fixtures. They are instrumental in deciding how sport can improve and develop.
Eco Warriors
Our Eco-Warriors concern themselves with our immediate school environment. They will consider our recycling agenda, energy consumption and wildlife areas.