School Parliament
|
|
 This term we want to support our local community through a generous food donation to the Witney Foodbank. Please support us by using the Reverse Advent Calendar to help generate ideas of what to donate.  The WASP team had a great team counting, sorting and boxing up all the generous donations of food and toiletries that had come into school, ready for the Witney Foodbank. We had well over 200 items in total with Ash Class winning a book from the vending machine for collecting the most number of donations. Thank you everyone for your generosity and support.  School Parliament got together to work on a new set of school rules that are easy to remember both in the classroom and at play. They decided that rules that begin with "Be ..." are better than "Don't ..." and "Always ..." Once they'd decided this, they looked through a large number of possible "Be..." rules before coming to a unanimous decision that they wanted 3 rules only and they needed to be in this order: "Be Safe", "Be Ready" and "Be Respectful".  Children from every year group, generously contributed towards this year's Christmas Shoebox Appeal. We had a phenomenal number of thoughtfully filled boxes that will be delivered from Witney Methodist Church to children this Christmas from some of the poorer communities of Eastern Europe.  The whole school community came together to celebrate Harvest. Here are members of our school parliament with a small selection of food items generously donated by our families for the Foodbank in Witney.  The School Parliament are currently working on plans to launch a Waste-free Wednesday - in response to our desire to improve our school environment during the summer term when many of us enjoy a packed lunch outside and out of concern for reducing the use of single-use plastic as a community.  Fairtrade Fortnight 2022
Continuing our learning about Fairtrade earlier this year, The School Parliament were keen to raise awareness of this global organisation amongst the wider school community with a special event for parents and carers. Pupils from Reception to Year 6 were invited to enter an art, poetry and video competition sharing the Fairtrade message in support of the farmers and workers who grow our food, the issues they face and the impact of climate change on their survival. Entries were judged by School Parliament and a winner from each class received a bar of Fairtrade chocolate. Each class in school also completed work to create an exhibition in the school hall. Parents and carers were invited to a coffee morning, where they enjoyed a Fairtrade quiz and presentation of pupil learning led by members of the School Parliament, over a cup of Fairtrade coffee and cake made with Fairtrade ingredients. Donations received were sent to the Fairtrade Foundation. A lovely community morning was enjoyed by all.
Our School Parliament have been working hard to launch the Walk to School Challenge (WOW).
 
Meet our WOW ambassadors
Launching the WOW challenge to the whole school
 Letter from School Parliament to parents with more information Walk to School Website link School Parliament meet regularly to discuss and review actions to improve our school, our community and our world
We are very excited to be part of this great project - our first step towards achieving a silver eco award.
  |
|
North Leigh C of E Primary School
Park Road North Leigh Witney OX29 6SS 01993 881525 email office.3128@north-leigh.oxon.sch.uk |