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OATS stands for Owl Action Team - a name chosen because the school has an owl as its logo!
The OATs committee is elected by the members of their class. These children form our School council. The current committee is: Saskia, Jenny, Lydia, Charley, Tim, Keegan, Alice and Stan.
Our OATS committee does a number of things:
- The committee meets - usually with Mrs Weightman present - to discuss and sort out problems. These may include school lunches, behaviour or ideas for fundraising events.
- Members of the committee will be responsible for carrying out the ideas that have been agreed.
- Has a notice board in the school hall for everyone to see what is happening.
- Has a photo album in the entrance hall to show the activities OATS has helped to organise.
What is a school council?
A school council is group of students who are elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve their school. The members are chosen by their classmates.
What jobs are there?
Each year, every class will normally elect 2 representatives to be members of the committee.
The council will then meet to elect officers such as Chair , Secretary, Treasurer. Members of our School Council are responsible for sharing the minutes of our meetings with class teachers and other children in their class.
What makes a good school council?
A good school council is one that represents the views of all students and gets things done.
We aim to have an effective committee by:
- Regular meetings
- A council that is not too big
- Good communication between representatives and their class
- A bank account or budget (however small)
- Annual evaluations
Do they get anything done?
We encourage our committee to get things done. Previous committees have improved lunchtimes after complaints about noise levels, slow service and not being able to play with friends if they had dinners and their friends had packed lunches. They asked their classes for suggestions, discussed the ideas and found some solutions.
OATS also encourages the school to raise funds for charity, for example:
Farm Africa at Harvest: a ‘welly’ good day, wearing wellies and completing welly activities to raise funds.
Help for Haiti: non-uniform day,
Jump Rope for Heart: lots of skipping, getting fit, raising money!
Blue Peter Appeal: Â turning old shirts into theatre gowns for children in India with cleft palates.
National Doodle Day: Janel won the section for the best primary school doodle in the country!
WHAT A BUSY COMMITTEE!
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