At Askwith Primary School, we believe it is important that all children have the opportunity to be leaders and role models to others. This helps them to build resilience, independence and gives them a public voice, both in our school and across the schools in YCAT.
Children have opportunities to be a class representative, a role which requires responsibility both in the classroom and the playground. As a class representative, children also become members of the school eco-committee. This is a role which requires them to think about the impact they have on the environment and the wider world and to encourage other members of the class and school community to make positive changes for the wider community.
The children in Year 6 also have the opportunity to be voted to be school ambassadors. The ambassadors take part in meetings with children from other schools across our academy and then feed back the outcomes of these meetings to the children at Askwith.
Ambassadors
Two Year 6 pupils represent Askwith School at the rural schools ambassador group in the Harrogate and Rural Teaching School Alliance. They meet to decide upon joint school events and practical green projects that will involve children from all schools.
Class Representatives
Eco-Committee
Family Groups
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Our school prides itself on its warm, family atmosphere and all children join family groups that are led by our Year 6 pupils and class representatives.
The groups promote the importance of citizenship, particularly the importance of rights and responsibilities in modern Britain.
The groups provide an important opportunity for children to independently express their views and share thoughts and ideas.
Children’s worries or concerns about bullying are discussed and the groups represent our children’s views on improving school provision and support.
Family Group Meetings
– To prepare for Mental Health Week, the children discussed what they had done to stay mentally healthy.
– The children chose some new playground equipment to use during play times.
– The children also discussed whether all families are the same and whether boys and girls should be treated differently.
– The class representatives led discussions on ‘How we remember knowledge’. The Year 6 children supported the younger children.
Here are some quotes from the children:
“Practice helps us to remember new knowledge.”
“We use our connected knowledge to help us learn new knowledge.”
“Our teachers use knowledge checks to see what we already know before we start learning something new. Once we have finished learning something new, we complete the knowledge checks again to show that we have understood and remembered new knowledge.”