British Values are an integral part of school life at RFPS. One of these is Democracy and we encourage our children to understand that it is important to always listen to the views of others and respect their opinion. As our children enter Key Stage One, we encourage them to elect their own class representative to be on the school council.
All children are invited to create a poster outlining why they would be the best person to represent their class and then, the school council is elected by pupils. This reflects our British electoral system and demonstrates democracy in action.
See below the letter our Year One children received from Miss Butters inviting them to stand for election:
Our School Council will be made up of six representatives, one from each class, however we will only ask Year One children to elect their own representative as Reception children have only just met one another and would not be able to form a balanced and informed view. Teachers choose representatives for their classes in Reception. The children know they will have the opportunity to vote in years to come.
Our children can stand for election more than once during their school life, however in the future we will ask that they do not stand two consecutive years in order that we give other children the opportunity to represent their school. We will not be implementing this in Year 1 as this is the first year of our elections due to our children being so young.