Pupil Leadership

At Dovecotes Primary, we recognise that our children are the leaders of the future and therefore provide a range of opportunities for children to develop their leadership skills.

Pupil voice is valued and promoted. Each academic year, pupils are given a platform to express the views of their school to help shape its development working in partnership with the Senior Leadership Team.

For some of our Pupil Leadership positions, such as School Council, pupils are elected by their peers through a democratic process at the start of the year. For others, they are chosen by their teachers based on pupils’ interests and talents.

School Council

Teacher(s) Responsible: Miss T Challenor/Mrs L Jones/ Miss Cespedes

Roles and Responsibilities:

Act as an ambassador for the school both in and out.
Bring concerns raised by their classes to the meetings for discussion.
Plan, organise and promote fundraising events.
Represent pupil voice.
Work alongside the senior leadership team to continue to improve our school.
Meet bi-weekly to feedback to the senior leadership team about key decisions.

Wellbeing Champions

Teacher Responsible: Mrs L Hehir

Roles and Responsibilities:

Help to make lunchtime calm and enjoyable.
Help children who are lonely or upset to find friends to play with at lunchtime.
Help children to solve disagreements by themselves, where they can.
Spread positivity through the school.

ECO Warriors

Teacher Responsible: Mrs Jones

Roles and Responsibilities:

Develop eco initiatives such as recycling, saving energy and sustainability.
Promote and encourage pupils, staff and parents to take part in our eco-programmes.
Find ways of helping the school and pupils be more eco-friendly.

Digital Leaders

Teacher Responsible: Mrs L Gould

Roles and Responsibilities:

Educate their peers and parents about online safety.
Champion the safe and positive use of technology in their school.
Share their skills and expertise with other pupils, classes and teachers.
Support teachers in using technology in the classroom.
Contribute to online behaviour steering groups with the wider school community including parents and governors.

Reading Buddies

Teacher Responsible: Mrs A Batchelor

Roles and Responsibilities:

Model good reading and promote an enjoyment of reading from an early age.
Support our youngest readers in learning to read more fluently.
Act as reading role models to our younger pupils.
Share books, read stories and talk about the pictures and words in books with our youngest pupils.

Sports Leaders

Teacher(s) Responsible: Miss A Reeves/Miss S Walker

Roles and Responsibilities:

Represent the school at sporting events.
Support after school sports clubs.
Support at key sporting events such as sports day.

Play Leaders

Teacher(s) Responsible: Miss A Reeves/Miss S Walker

Roles and Responsibilities:

Work together to think of new, fun activities for lunchtime.
Help to buy new equipment for lunchtime.
Support active sessions during lunchtime to engage children within different types of sports.

Peer Support Leaders

Teacher(s) Responsible: Mrs L Hehir

Roles and Responsibilities:

Help to make lunchtimes calm and enjoyable.
Support the smooth running of lunchtimes by helping to escort younger children around school.

Oracy Champions

Teacher(s) Responsible: Miss T Challenor

Roles and Responsibilities:

Promotes the use of good oracy in their classrooms.
Shares how to model good oracy by being an excellent role model, showcasing this at events such as whole school assemblies.
Supports pupils who are less confident at speaking publicly.
Makes sure that pupils know that their voice deserves to be heard because their opinions are valued.