School Council Committee

The School Council at Churchend Primary Academy fosters leadership, collaboration and communication among the school body. The committee is comprised of elected student representatives from Year 1-6. Our Council serves as a platform for students to voice their ideas, concerns and make suggestions to improve our school.

Key responsibilities include:

• Representing student interests 
• Organising events
• Encouraging and promoting leadership

School Council 2024 - 2025

Chairperson – Chloe

Vice Chairperson – Isabelle

Press Officers – Sully & Natalya

Secretaries – Sara & Zoe

Treasurers – Kyle & Faizan

Events from this academic year:

Remembrance Day

This year, the School Council have worked well to sell poppies in aid of The Royal British Legion. We managed to raise a total of £253.61 for the charity. As a school community, we collected pennies over the Autumn term so that the Year 5 & 6's could visit the 'Turn Tilehurst Red' for Remembrance Day at the Tilehurst Triangle. 

Children in Need 

On 15th November, we celebrated Children in Need by wearing something yellow or spotty.  The School Council decided to raise funds by encouraging children to donate £1 and guess the number of sweets in a jar. The winner received the jar of sweets. We were able to raise an incredible amount of £195.00 which we were able to buy new Science equipment with. As well as this, the Year 6 members designed their own assembly for the whole school where we took part in a quiz to learn more about the history of Children in Need

Comic Relief. 

We had great fun celebrating Comic Relief on Friday 21st March. Thank you to all the children who came in their many shades of red and to those who were able to donate a pound. All donations went to the Comic Relief Charity. 

To celebrate Comic Relief turning 40, each year group took part in a daily '40 for 40' challenge where they completed 40 of a selected exercise each day. 

 Children had fun laughing at some 'interesting' pictures of their teachers when they were younger. The fashion choices made in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s had our pupils laughing out loud!

On the day itself, the School Council led our Comic Relief assembly, every member of the School Council took part and it was a fun filled extravaganza of facts, advice and quizzes. We also spent time talking about the importance of fun and laughter on our mental health and strategies we could use if we find ourselves struggling with this. 

Finally, we ran a Jokes Competition and the best ones from across the school were:

'Why did the Romans eat so many tortoises? Because fast food is bad for you.'

'What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear'

We had a great week celebrating Comic Relief and reflecting on the amazing work the charity has done over the last 40 years.