Student Leadership
At Belle Vue Park we encourage students from all levels to take on leadership roles which include being a classroom monitor or class helper, acting as a peer coach or supporting younger students by being a "big buddy".
We have opportunities for students to lead in roles such as School Captains and Vice Captains, Assembly Hosts, Junior School Council representatives and sporting team captains.
Each year our year 5/6 students prepare speeches outlining their personal and leadership qualities and talk about the attributes that make them a great candidate to lead the school. They make these speeches to all students who then vote for their preferred candidate.
Our tradition is that our outgoing school leaders present the newly elected leaders with their badges at our final assembly each year.
We have opportunities for students to lead in roles such as School Captains and Vice Captains, Assembly Hosts, Junior School Council representatives and sporting team captains.
Each year our year 5/6 students prepare speeches outlining their personal and leadership qualities and talk about the attributes that make them a great candidate to lead the school. They make these speeches to all students who then vote for their preferred candidate.
Our tradition is that our outgoing school leaders present the newly elected leaders with their badges at our final assembly each year.
Student Congress
Students representatives meet with the Principal and a member of staff to discuss aspects of the school where the lens is from a "student's eye", not the teacher or administration. Students are able to establish "advisory Teams" to focus on specific things. Some of these advisory teams are mentioned below.
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Student Congress is also able to recruit other students/teachers/parents with required skill sets. Student Congress makes recommendations to the School Improvement Team for action and we work on things with the students. Currently we are looking at a number of things including student learning and SOLE feedback in the classroom, STEM resources and programs, new classroom furniture and aspects of whole school data.
Asking students to look at whole school data is a new element to their ownership and involvement in the core work of the school and their input and insights need to be considered by the "big people" if we are to truely get students to invest in their learning and to get their perspective on how effective our teaching strategies and programs are. Recently we surveyed students on a range of things related to remote learning to find out what they liked and what they valued in order to include this in out future programs. We also got feedback on what they didn't like (mostly this was about missing their teachers and friends) |
Student Advisory Teams
Our school believes students should be offered different platforms to voice their opinions, be consulted and learn how to lead. To this end we establish different student advisory groups. The focus of these groups is decided by current issues. We have a number of advisory groups at present.
The Green Team advisory
The Green Team advisory group has been very active over the past year. Their major focus is to promote and look after our environment. This year their major focus has been to investigate the possibility of installing Solar Panels for the school.
Part of this role has been to review the costs of electricity, compare the cost of installing Solar Panels and how much money the school could save by installing Solar panels (not to mention how we can reduce our carbon emissions) They invited a representative of Moreland Energy Foundation to meet them to discuss what we could do. They wrote a report for School Council to consider. At the end of this term our Green Team will be able to see solar panels being installed on the roof of the junior school and library. |
This photo shows the location of our new solar panels.
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Playground Equipment Advisory
This advisory team has looked at 3 quotes from companies. They had input into the types of equipment, the design and layout and discussed value for money for each quote. They are involved in the choice of colours and the layout of the equipment. They discussed their favourite types of equipment and the fun factor. They keep the other students updated on their progress.
Line Marking advisory
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Students were very excited to plan and oversee the new playground lines, markings, designs and shapes. They surveyed all students, decided on colours, designs, and where everything went (mapping) They rang the company and had a meeting, they got the quote and stuck to their budget. They counter signed the purchase order. They look after it.
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