SCHOOL COUNCIL BLOG - VISIT OF LORD HUNT

Friday 26^th June

Lord Hunt's Visit

On June 26^th Lord Hunt (who actually prefers to be called Philip) came to visit the pupils of Chilcote Primary School, as part of our School Council arrangements and Chilcote's Health Week.  

At 9:00am, in assembly, the Lord completed a Q&A session in which the School Councillors had the opportunity to ask some difficult questions and hear a response from a politician! The answers were really impressive and the Lord even suggested who he'd prefer to win the upcoming Labour Leadership Contest: Andy Burnam is his choice! Interestingly, Lord Hunt also said that his most difficult time was when he has suggested reforming the House of Lords from appointed to elected peers.  

As well as this, he told us all about the House of Lords and the House of Commons at Parliament. He spoke about what happens at both places, and the differences between the Houses. Lord Hunt also told us that the Palace of Westminster is actually falling down!!

As a result of Lord Hunt visiting, we learned lots of new things, such as: why he was interested in politics, and that he was a disappointed about the recent general election result (Lord Hunt is a Labour peer). 

This was an amazing time for everyone at the school, but especially the School Councillors, and all the children learned a lot. 

To end his terrific time at Chilcote the Lord had a tour of the school from the Year 6 Visitor Monitors.

Thank you to Lord Hunt for visiting and taking the time to answer our demanding questions!!

By Councillor Zain       

 

In assembly I talked about how fortunate we all are at Chilcote to access free education and to enjoy a range of activities.  I also said that it was important to take all the opportunities that are presented to you and that you could make a new year's resolution about this.

The illustration above by Satoshi Kitamura shows articles 28 and 29 from the UN Convention on the 'Rights of the Child.' 28 All children and young people have the right to free primary education. 29 All children and young people have a right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activities.

What can you see in the picture?
Name some of the activities that you are able to take part in.
What new activities or challenges would you like to do in 2015?

A delegation of Japanese educationalists, teachers and headteachers had a tour of the school late Friday afternoon as part of a one week visit to the United Kingdom.  Even though the children had gone home, I was still immensely proud of the school as the bright  and stimulating environment demonstrated the hard work and creativity of the children and staff.  Our visitors were hugely impressed  with the use of technology in the school along with the way the school's vision and values underpin the day to day work of the children and staff.

The 'Value of the Month' for October is responsibility.  I would like to hear about the things you are responsible for both at home and in school.

Value of the Month - Helpfulness

 

 

The 'Value of the Month' from Monday 3rd of March onwards is Helpfulness.  I would love to hear how you have been helpful to someone.  Maybe you have helped the adults in your class, classmates or at home. 

Value of the Month - Patience.

We are thinking about patience during February.  Can you think of any moments when you have had to be patient?

Feedback

When examining many different studies on what helps children make the greatest progress, feedback is often cited as being one of the most influential factors.  By feedback we mean what we say to children, the comments teachers write in their books, giving children an opportunity to give us feedback so we know how we are doing as parents and teachers and feedback between peers.  The video below from Carol Dweck tells us that it is important to praise children’s efforts rather than stating how clever they are.  If you praise a child for persevering they will go on trying.  It is also important to talk positively around your children – comments such as “Oh well, I was never really that good at maths when I was your age,’’ or “I never enjoyed PE and games when I was at school,” will have quite an influence on your child’s attitude.