Junior School Council
The Junior School Council team will be involved in various roles to represent their grades and discuss matters of importance within the school. They will lead fundraising events and work together to improve the school environment, which they will then report back to their grades and inform their class members about future events.
Students have a positive contribution to make within the decision making processes of our school. When students are more actively involved in these processes, they have an enhanced sense of commitment to the school, its students and its programs. Junior School Council is an important forum that ensures our students have a strong voice in the community. The Junior School Council is very effective and extremely popular. The growth in self-confidence and leadership abilities demonstrated by councillors is amazing. Being a part of the JSC allows students to act as role models within CNPS and also gives students the opportunity to be proactive, contributing members of the community.
The Junior School Council at CNPS aims to:
- Provide students with a sense of ownership, pride and achievement
- Develop caring and responsible attitudes within our students
- Provide opportunities for the development of ‘student voice’ within the school
- Provide opportunities for students to develop their leadership skills, team work skills and public speaking skills
- Raise student awareness of social, school, local and global issues
- Support and fundraise for school and community based charities and initiatives/special causes
- Possible changes in the school (such as day to day procedures and processes at the school)
- Fundraising for school and community based charities
What is the process?
Two Junior School Councillors are elected from each Grade 1-6 class. The School Captains also form part of the Junior School Council. The Junior School Council meets on a fortnightly basis at lunchtimes, under the guidance of two classroom teachers.
Junior School Councillor’s responsibilities:
The responsibilities of the Junior School Council include:
Two Junior School Councillors are elected from each Grade 1-6 class. The School Captains also form part of the Junior School Council. The Junior School Council meets on a fortnightly basis at lunchtimes, under the guidance of two classroom teachers.
Junior School Councillor’s responsibilities:
The responsibilities of the Junior School Council include:
- Presenting Walk to School winners at whole school assemblies
- Planning and organising fundraising events to support school and community based charities
- Representing Coburg North Primary School at special ceremonies and events ( eg Anzac and Remembrance Day)
- Consulting with students in own classrooms and reporting school based concerns to the JSC coordinators
- Reporting back to their grades after a meeting has taken place
- Making recommendations on aspects of school life and charity events our school can support
- Present updates and issues raised within meetings at whole school assemblies
