School Parliament

Our School Parliament

Our School Parliament is made up of pupils from EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, ensuring that children of all ages have a voice in the development of our school. Members are chosen to represent the views, ideas and opinions of their peers and to play an active role in helping to make Clockhouse Primary School the best it can be.

The School Parliament meets every two to three weeks to discuss school improvement, pupil voice and issues that are important to children across the school. Members bring ideas, suggestions and concerns from their classes to these meetings and work together to consider how we can continue to improve school life.

In addition to our School Parliament meetings, once a month pupils hold their own meetings within their classrooms. These meetings give all children the opportunity to have their say, discuss issues that matter to them and contribute ideas. School Parliament representatives can then bring the views of their class to the wider Parliament, ensuring that pupil voice is heard across EYFS, KS1 and KS2.

The School Parliament may discuss a wide range of topics, including school lunches, behaviour, fundraising ideas, rewards, playground activities and ways to improve school life. Members also help to carry out agreed actions and are encouraged to take an active role in making positive changes across the school.

Being a member of the School Parliament is an important position of responsibility. As the Parliament continues to develop, pupils gain valuable experience in leadership, teamwork, communication and democracy, while learning that their ideas and opinions can make a real difference to their school community.

Our School

We want our school to be a place that everyone enjoys coming to, where people know and understand each other and feel happy and cared for.

We want Clockhouse to be a safe place where children can be trusted to make sensible choices by following school rules and living by our school values. We expect everyone to be honest, to show good manners and to treat others and school property with respect.

We aim to be proud of our work and to try our best every day. We keep going when learning feels challenging, listen carefully to others and enjoy discovering new and interesting things about the world.

If everyone works together in this way, we will remember our time at Clockhouse Primary School fondly for the rest of our lives.

What is our School Parliament for?

The School Parliament helps pupils to:

Work and learn together
Understand democracy and pupil voice
Be positive role models within the school community
Improve the school for everyone

The School Parliament is about involving everyone, not doing everything. All pupils can help by:

Identifying things they would like to change
Suggesting ways to make things better
Helping to put ideas into action

How does our Class Parliament work?

Each class elects a School Parliament member through a democratic vote
Class Parliament meetings take place regularly
The School Parliament member attends the School Parliament meeting to share the class’s views

What will the School Parliament do for our class?

When ideas are shared with the class representative, they will: