Hawkshead School Council is a democratic one! Each year group votes on its councillor at the start of the year. At the beginning of this year we had a ‘hustings’ for the position of President and the whole school got involved.

We help to organise charity events – we help to run fundraising events such as Children in Need, Red Nose Day, World Book Day and open days for parents.

During the year we take suggestions from our classes about improvements to the school – they can either talk to us directly or put a suggestion into our school council box if they prefer. So far, we have managed to re-paint the toilets, provide an equipment bag for playtime and get the playground re-painted. We are working on improving the key stage 2 taps and receiving new football nets at the moment!

We know that our ideas are properly listened to – even if not all of them are possible!