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.  From this the council members elect a chairperson, secretary and treasurer. 

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. Also, weekly/fortnightly meetings enable issues to be discussed as they arise. 

The successful candidates must have the following attributes: reliability, fairness, honesty, enthusiasm approachable and must be committed in their role of improving our school. 

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

Children In Need

Ranelagh likes to get involved in raising money for good causes and one of our favourite charities is Children in Need. School council agreed that all children would make a donation to come to school in bright colours or spotty clothes! We linked up the the Junior Road Safety Officers to highlight the importance of wearing brightly coloured and reflective clothing.  They also asked the children to reflect on the fundamental reasons as to why we have Children In Need day and write these down to add to giant Pudsey Bears, such a lovely idea, and the comments were brilliant.  

This year for Remembrance day all of the school council members were involved in selling Poppies  and other merchandise to support the Royal British Legions Poppy appeal.  This was a huge success, so much so we had to ask for more bits to be delivered as we ran out of stock! Although we are yet to have the official figures of the amount we raised in school it was well over £350 at the last count! What an amazing effort from all our children and families for such a worthwhile cause.