OUR PUPIL VOICE GROUPS ARE PART OF THE TEAM AT WOODLANDS. WE REALLY VALUE WHAT THE CHILDREN HAVE TO SAY AND INCLUDE THEM IN DECISION MAKING ACROSS THE SCHOOL.
SCHOOL COUNCIL
School councillors are appointed to their role through a democratic school election process, that takes place bi-annually.
The School Council Class Representatives meet regularly with members of the Inclusion team, to share the views and ideas of the children and support decision making about our school. As a pupil voice group, the children share ideas and come up with action plans.
The council are actively involved in organising and supporting many events, an example of these includes:
- Red Nose Day
- Children In Need
- Summer Fayres
- McMillan coffee mornings
- Contributing to the school lunch menu
- Raising awareness of road safety for children, parents and neighbours in our area. This is promoted through competitions and assemblies and events, such as “Be Bright, Be Seen” aimed at raising awareness of the importance of walking to school in bright clothes so we can be seen by passing traffic.
- Walk to School Week
- Previously Our school have achieved the GOLD Modeshift STARS Award. This is a national schools awards scheme that has been established to recognise schools that have demonstrated excellence in supporting cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable transport.
This year’s focus is mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and fitness and healthy eating.
WOODLANDS SAFEGUARDING TEAM
We meet regularly to discuss ways to keep our children safe, both in and out of school. At Woodlands we strive to give our pupils a voice and the opportunity to engage in an array of different issues, current affairs and topics. As a school, we have a statutory duty to teach children about keeping themselves and others safe. This includes ensuring children are taught about staying safe online, about bullying including cyber bullying, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, exploitation and gender based violence.
The primary focus for Woodlands’ Safeguarding Team is to develop knowledge of how to safeguard themselves and others, in order to increase the number of children who feel safe in school and outside within their local community. The safeguarding team addresses a wide range of issues facing the young people within our school and local community, including: poverty, abuse, addiction-including gaming, homelessness, mental health and child and criminal exploitation.
Our Safeguarding Team help all the pupils about how to stay safe, protect themselves from harm and how to take responsibility for their own and others’ safety. Their work has included:
- Delivering whole school assemblies, including NSPCC PANTS assembly
- Working with local authors to support positive emotional health and wellbeing.
- Worked with Telford Crisis Support to raise awareness of child poverty and equality.
- Addressing issues surrounding on-line safety and child-on-child abuse and producing a leaflet for parents and KS2 children.
This year’s focus for our Safeguarding Team is being safe, including online safety, Respectful Relationships, Caring Friendships and positive behaviour in and around school.
