Pupil Voice
School Council
School Councilors are selected by their peers through a democratic process early in the Autumn term. Candidates pitch to the class about why they want the job and why they believe they will be good at it. The class then vote for their preferred councilor.
The school council meet at least twice termly to focus on whole school issues. In the meetings School Councilors are the voice of the pupils and ultimately our school. They collate views and issues from the pupils perspective. Then through collaboration they make decisions for the good of the JOPS community that will make pupil life at school a happy and inclusive experience and move the school forward.
Look what we have been involved in this year so far:
The Golden Broom Award-Tidy Welly Storage
The school councillors spoke to their classes and gathered ideas about how to keep our wellie storage tidier and to look after our outdoor environment more. From these discussions we created the Gold Broom Award which is presented each week to the class who has the tidiest area. OPAL ambassadors judge each class and the winning class is presented with the golden broom in assembly and given 10 minutes extra break, can eat a snack of their choice one day the following week and receive 3 house points.
What would make children want to join up as OPAL Ambassadors?
As part of our Outdoor Play and Learning OPAL provision at lunchtimes we require a group of dedicated and passionate ambassadors. The school council gathered ideas about how to help recruit and the idea of OPAL Ambassador of the Week award is due to start soon!
Future projects planned for summer term:
- Homework incentives
- Pebble Walkway for OPAL
House Captains
Houses at JOPS
Each pupil and member of staff at JOPS proudly belongs to one of our four houses. These are Frederica- the Red House; Port Royal- the Blue House; Savannah- the Yellow House and Augusta- the Green House. At the start of each academic year, House Captain elections are held, following the principles of democracy. Pupils in Year 6 can nominate themselves as candidates. Each candidate creates and delivers a manifesto speech which is watched and heard by all the children from their House. Then, the children practise their electoral right and vote (through a secret ballot) for their chosen candidate. The two candidates, who receive the highest votes from each House, are elected as House Captains.
Throughout the year, many exciting House events take place to promote JOPS’ school values as well our British values; to develop a sense of belonging and pride and to encourage positive interaction between pupils across the school. Examples of past events are: House shield design competition, House slogan competition, inter-house lunchtime sports initiatives, inter-house talent contest and annual Sports Day. In addition to this, our positive behaviour system is linked intrinsically to the Houses. Every day, in classrooms and around the school, staff award House points to pupils for demonstrating positive values in their behaviour, manners and effort in learning. Each week, the House Captains collect the House points from the classes and add to the term’s tally; these results are announced by the captains in assembly each week. At the end of each term, the winning House is announced and celebrated in a special assembly. Being part of a House at JOPS promotes healthy competition and camaraderie! Here are some photos from our House events:
Finalists of JOPS’ GOT TALENT 2023 (inter-house talent show)
Lunchtime inter-house sports bowling
Captains of Red Frederica House- winners of the trophy in Summer 2022
Monitors
Message Monitors
Useful Pupil Links
Links for learning
E-safety and Wellbeing
SATS Companion Log In
Year 6 pupils please access SATS Companion here: