Our Pupil Council
Session 2023-24
Our Pupil Councilmembers, supported by Mrs Smart, for this session are:
P1/2/3 – Bella and Reuben
P4/5 – Ailsa and Grace
P6/7 – Charlie and Alex S
Spruce up for Spring – 28th March 2024!
On the last morning of term we had a whole school ‘Spruce up for Spring’ event. What a great way to brighten the school and grounds for spring, to plant more items for the ‘Skene Sustainable Superheroes’ project and for our Pupil Council group to make headway with their buddy bench!
The idea for the bench came direct from our group as a way to be more inclusive and to make the playground a better place. The bench will be manned by members of the Pupil Council so if someone is on their own, doesn’t have anyone to play with or, would just like a chat, they can head to the bench where they will always be met by a friendly face and smile! We love this idea!
Well done team, great effort with the benches!
World Book Day – 7th March 2024
We have been busy planning 4 exciting opportunities for WBD 2024 for everyone to get involved with:
- Book Swap
Bring in a book in to swap for another. A bit like the Christmas Jumper Swap – a great and sustainable way to read more books. You can bring in more than one (or if you are having a clear out, we would be delighted to accept any books from this).
2. ERIC (Everybody Reading in Class)
At set times throughout the day, a bell will ring and everybody, pupils, and staff, will stop what they are doing and enjoy reading/sharing their favourite stories until another bell rings to stop the session.
3. Whole School Book Quiz
Mrs Smart is creating a whole school Kahoot quiz based on books, authors, and famous stories.
4. Human Library of ‘Our Favourite Books’
Bring in your favourite book. This is a round table activity where you will sit either side of a table and share your favourite book with the person across from you. When the timer runs out, the inner circle will move clockwise to reveal a new partner – a great way to find out about more books and authors!
From the day itself…
Thursday 29th February 2024 – An extra day, our way!
As it is a Leap Year and we have an extra day in February, we decided to plan it ‘our way.’ We hosted a ‘Break the Rules Day’ and had lots of fun!
There were 10 pre-agreed rules that were up for breaking and WE HAD LOTS OF RULE BREAKING! It cost 50p to break a rule and we raised a total of £132! Well done, everyone!
We had a bouncy castle in the Gym Hall which was so cool! I think everyone paid for that one! Extra break was very popular and an extra football day at break/lunch! We got to choose the lunch menu for the day and did a survey of all pupils to find out what our favourites were – hot dogs and a hot mini meatball sub! Yum yum!
Session 2019-20
This year our Concerned Councillors are:
P1 Nicole
P2 Cameron
P3 Erin
P4 Eden
P5 Emilie
P6 Beth
P7 Struan Knight
Previous Sessions – Pupil Council
At Skene School this year the children from P2-P7 all wanted to be in the Pupil Council, so they have been working in groups throughout the year to make a difference to our school and the outside world.
Comic Relief 2013
Pupil council Group 1 raised nearly £800 for Comic Relief!
Improving Our Library
Pupil Council Group 2 set to work on improving our library by
organising a tidy up day in the Easter holidays when all our old books went to the Salvation Army, and a Bring and Buy Sale to raise money to buy new books.
We raised £141.85 for Children in Need this year! We decorated cookies, had a pyjama day, designed Pudsey t-shirts and had an activities afternoon organised by the Play Leaders in P6. It was great fun!