We put the children at the heart of the decisions we make at The Avenue Primary. As a result, we have a number of pupil groups who support school and subject leaders to develop initiatives and improve our offer.
Pupil Ambassadors
As part of being a member of Lingfield Education Trust, each year we select two Pupil Ambassadors. Our Pupil Ambassadors will visit the other schools in our hub throughout the year and feedback to us in school about what they have found. Each year we will set a different focus for the children to look at that we think will help to improve our school. Robert and Jess are our Ambassadors for this year.
Junior Leaders (JLT)
In school we have a group of Junior Leaders who work together to form the Junior Leadership Team (JLT). All of these children are in Year 6. The interview process was thorough and the children had to earn their position.
This pupil group work closely with the SLT to provide a pupil view of what goes on in school. Meetings are held regularly, with agendas set and actions identified. The JLT represent the school at events such as Coffee Mornings, Remembrance Services and other whole school events. The foursome also meet with our governors to feedback on what they have been doing.
School Council
We have representatives from Year 2 through to Year 5 on the school council. These children (seen in the photo below) are democratically voted for by their peers having applied for the role. They can be identified by their School Council badge which they wear proudly around school.
The school council meets regularly to discuss arising issues and to work on projects, including fundraising and charity work. Over the course of the year, the school council aims to have a positive impact both in school and on a wider scale, extending to the local community, and by engaging in national and international initiatives.
So far this year we have:
- Arranged the foodbank donations for harvest
- Supported at the book fair
- Lead on the Children in Need organisation
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Our other groups
Prefects
This group are the organisers in school, they help get things ready for assemblies, help reorganise the OPAL zones after break and lunchtime, ensure the younger children are ok on lunchtimes and sell poppies around Remembrance Day.
Reading Ambassadors
As a school where reading is promoted, the role of Reading Ambassador is key to helping to foster the love of reading throughout our school. This group meet with the reading lead regularly, review newly arrived books into the library, read to younger children, help select books for the other children to read, keep the library areas across school organised and help with the reading reward assembly.
