School Council
School Council Elections 2026
Red Nose Day Friday 20th March 2026- Wear Red or Non- Uniform and something Silly if possible. If you are able to donate please scan the QR code to give what you can to our just giving page.
What is the school council?
The school council is a group of pupils who are elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve their school. Each year, every class elects two representatives to be members of the school council. The councillors are selected through a democratic voting process which is linked to British Values.
The council will then meet to elect officers such as:
Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
What does the school council do?
Our school council does a number of things:
- meets to discuss and sort out problems;
- holds regular meetings;
- run class councils;
- trains new councillors;
- manage their budget;
- evaluate and review pupil opinion;
- act as a link between the staff and pupils.
Children In Need Day!
Odd Socks Day!
Anti-Bullying Week Assembly- Children will be wearing Odd Socks on Thursday 13th November to celebrate individuality and will also be celebrating World Kindness Day with some fun activities.
Children in Need- Friday 14th November 2025 This year our School council are organising a non-uniform day for Children in Need. We are asking for a suggested donation of £1 and for children to come to school in spotty clothes or pyjamas. We look forward to seeing everyone!
Toddler Toy Sale this afternoon before home time
Meeting with Sarah Smith MP
Children and staff have welcomed newly elected MP, Sarah Smith and School Council were able to ask lots of questions about how Sarah can help improve Rishton and Great Harwood to make it better for children.
School Council 2024-25
School Coucil Meeting with Sara Britcliffe MP for Hyndburn and Haslingden
School Council had a meeting with Sara Britcliffe MP to raise the following issues which children in their classes had identified as being a concern:
Litter and dog poo on the streets
Sara said that there are a lot of clean ups going on (such as the one our children had been part of) and that dog wardens are monitoring and enforcing fines as best they can.
Lack of things to do in Rishton for children their age and lack of equipment on the playgrounds
Sara agreed with this and is hoping to look into a new park for the families of Rishton. She was particularly interested in the land next to school and is going away to find out who owns this and if there are ways it can be developed.
Anti-social behaviour by some teenagers and other issues such as vaping
Sara advised children to remind families to report any issues as these are all logged and influence police patrols in areas where there are problems. She is involved with Operation Centurion which is a scheme to get more foot patrols and will recommend this for Rishton. There is a campaign to try and ban disposable vapes which will help with the litter aspect and hopes that campaigns will highlight it is damgerous.
Traffic issues around school and parking issues in front of houses
Sara is going away to see if there is any land in the area which could be used for cars to park on.
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School Council are looking forward to organising a special event for our mums and other special ladies in our lives. Y6 have created a wonderful poster and we look forward to planning some special activities in each class.
School Council Meeting
We have enjoyed our first meeting together and have already planned what we would like to do this term:
1. Check if our Class Charter ( rules we agreed together) is being followed - is there anything our class needs to work on?
2. Asking the children in our class what they like/don’t like in maths and English
3) Fundraising for new books in our library
A very big thank you to our school council of 2022-23 for all their hard work! It was lovely to see the candidates for this year's election and great to see everyone received a number of votes from their classmates.
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