Each academic year at Ranelagh starts with a very important job...electing the school council, there is one representative from each class. Voting for our school council members creates a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to learn about democracy.  . 

Meetings take place with school council members and Miss Felgate. The meeting is run according to an agenda and minutes are taken so we can refer back to what has been discussed. Having weekly/fortnightly meetings enable issues to be discussed as they arise and hopefully, result in a speedy solution. 

The successful candidates must have the following attributes: reliability, fairness, honesty, enthusiasm, be approachable and confident.  Above all else, they must be committed in their role of representing our school and community. 

Meet this years school council.........

We have had a very busy start to the school year, having some very important jobs to carry out on behalf of the school. Firstly we helped to elect a new Eco committee.  Along with Miss Felgate and Miss Motion, we looked through the applications and selected the pupils we felt were able to support our quest to become a more sustainable school. 

Secondly we were asked to help interviews for the new Headteacher position in school.  Working alongside the governing body, we discussed what we felt were important qualities in  Headteacher, formulated some questions and then interviewed candidates.  After much consideration and feedback given to the governors, we were pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Hopper as the new Headteacher of Ranelagh Primary School.  Later in the term we were also asked to take part in interviewing for a new Deputy Head teacher, welcoming Mrs Hearn to our school community. 

Harvest

Once again we chose to support our local food bank FIND (Families In Need) with our Harvest collection this year.  It always makes us feel so proud at how generous our school community is.   Some of the volunteers came to speak to us about their work with the charity.  We are proud to know that our donations were included in over 500 Christmas hampers for those in need. 

We have held some successful fundraising events this term.  We raised £207.31 for the Royal British Legion by selling a range of Remembrance day objects.  For Children in Need day we asked children for donations to wear whatever they wanted to school.  For this we raised £164.75. 

This year the School Council and Sustainability Committee have been working together to think of some fundraising ideas to purchase a new shed for our woodland area so all pupils can benefit from more outdoor learning  opportunities.  Our first idea was to wear our Christmas jumpers to school during the last week of term.  This has started off our fundraising project with £83.20.