Our Positive Play Pupil Council has been created as a vehicle to capture pupil voice, explore ideas and transfer this feedback directly back into classrooms as a way of making pupil-informed changes.

The council also supports staff in their drive to continuously raise standards.

Our council will focus on aspects of the curriculum that fall under three main categories:

1. Things that are already in place in school, that are going well and also positively support learning. 

2. Things that are in need of repair or re-think as they are not working as we would like or need.

3. Things that could be invented and created to help everyone learn more and learn better. 

Council members will work with their link leader, observe aspects of school life and regularly report back to senior staff on how things are going in school - from their pupil perspective. 

Pupils are also introduced to the Ofsted Framework and begin to sensitively unpick how this can be used to make impactful and relevant changes. 

Pupils are valued as pupils and go beyond the framework to view learning through the eyes of themselves - as young learners. This is their unique input that makes the Pupil Council a positive group to be part of, as well as a group who can represent their peers and make meaningful pupil-informed changes in school.

Year 6

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Year 5

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Year EYFS - 1

An example of how the Smooga barriers can be arranged in schools.

School leaders worked swiftly with Mr Barbour to make the list of dreams come to life.

First, they brought in some extra goals, which now means that more pupils can take part in team sports (such as football) more often.

Next, they brought in some 'Smooga' style moveable barriers. These barriers enable the ball to stay in play but also prevent the team games spilling out into other areas of the playground.

The pupils were happy that the barriers arrived and could be moved when necessary as it meant they could create different-sized courts when needed, e.g. no barriers (if a full court was needed e.g. certain PE lessons), 10 a-side court (for larger games - which was high on the wish list) and 7 aside or less.