School Council
Article 12 on the rights of the child say that:
‘All children have the right to a voice and to be heard’.
At the start of every school year we hold pupil voice elections. Our school council is comprised of two elected pupils from each year group as well as our Head Boy and Head Girl who are chosen through a school ballot.
At Stranton Primary School, the purpose of our School Council is to encourage pupils to get involved in issues that concern them, in and around school to make their school better and improve school life and our school community.
We see our School Councillors as holding very responsible positions. Their job is to:
- Attend meetings regularly
- Communicate with the Head teacher and governor
- Talk to people and feed their views back to the council.
- Make suggestions for change and improvement
- Decide which charities to support as a school
- be Rights Respecting Ambassadors for the school and promote children’s rights
The School Council meet every fortnight with Mrs Yildirim and Mrs Wilson. Following meetings, the councillors are given time to report back and share anything discussed to their class.
Head Boy and Head Girl for 2024-2025
During the week of 9th September, our weekly assembly theme was Democracy and classes voted for their school councillors and Head Boy and Head Girl. This year our Head Boy is Faisal Okoya and our Head Girl is Scarlett Mcleod.
Head Boy Head Girl
Working alongside Scarlett and Faisal will be our Deputy Head Boy and Head Girl, Stephen Sparrow and Amber Gaffney - what a team!
School Council Class Representatives
Class 3 – Joshua Rutter & Ava Foster
Class 4 – Issac Hilditch & Addison Llewlyn
Class 5 – Matthew Tweddle & Wisdom Adegbaju
Class 6 – Ashton Foster & Isabelle Thomas
Class 7 – Mercy Olatunji & Ollie Brook
Class 8 – Sam Middleton & Luna Swingell
Class 9 – Elizabeth Ijadunola & Thomas Llewelyn
Class 10 – Nhala Calvert & Alfie Harrington
Amazing Acorns - Rosie Vaughan and Henry Wang
Super Saplings - Harrison Richardson & Paris Ross
School Council Events/Activities
February 2025
The School Council met with Jeanette Strong from the council and Denise our Head Cook to discuss themed days and share ideas to update the new school menu. They came up with lots of ideas including: Roald Dahl theme desserts for World Book day, a picnic for the last day of term and pancakes to celebrate Pancake Day!
Article 24: All children have the right to nutritious food.
January 2025
School Council took on the challenge to spread awareness about children’s rights throughout the school by making posters and talking to students about their rights.
Article 1: All children have rights.
December 2024
Our Head boy and Head girl interviewed Mr Smith as they took part in the initiative ‘meet the staff’ for the Trust Newsletter. The asked him lots of questions about his time here at Stranton.
November 2024
School Council led whole school assembly to explain the importance of supporting Children in Need.
Article 2: All children have rights regardless of their race, religion or disability.
The School Council met with Jeanette from Hartlepool Borough Council and Mrs Melville, our school cook to discuss any changes that they would like to see implemented in our lunch menus. The children came along with different ideas from their class of future themed days which they would like to see on the menu for lunch.
Article 24: All children have the right to nutritious food.
The School Council took the initiative to sell poppies to all pupils to help raise awareness of the sacrifices people made to allow us to live in a safe, free world, as well as raise money for the Royal British Legion.
October 2024
The School Council delivered a whole school assembly on Show Racism the Red Card.
Article 2: Children have the right to protection against discrimination.
September 2024
As the school year begins, school council were voted in by each class as well as Head boy and girl.
Article 12: All children have a right to have their voice heard.