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SCHOOL COUNCIL

Here at Lordswood Girls' School, we take student voice incredibly seriously and believe that all students should have the right and opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions on every aspect of school life.  One of the main ways in which students can have a voice in school is through the School Council, a group which strives to improve everyone's experiences of life at Lordswood.

 

The School Council is made up of Council Representatives, or Reps for short, who are elected every Autumn Term in review group elections.  All students are given the chance to apply for a place on the Council, their peers then elect one Rep from each form group to form the 30 student strong Council.  School Council Reps are then given the opportunity to apply for a position on the School Council Executive which is usually made up of around two Reps from each year group.  Once formed, the School Council is broken down into Year Group Councils which are each responsible for addressing issues that arise concerning their specific year group.  The Council Executive, which sits above Year Group Councils, has the job of looking at issues on a whole school basis and is designed to try and tackle problems that affect the School as a whole.  The Council Executive also has the power to refer any issues or opinions on to the Senior Staff Leadership Team at Lordswood and SLT will then respond and feed back to the Executive.  In the past, the School Council and Executive have addressed areas such as lunch times, canteen menus, outside facilities and recycling.

 

The School Council also arranges regular 'Question Time' sessions during which students are given the opportunity to grill the Headteacher Mrs Götschel and her panel of staff on any topic relating to life at Lordswood.  Issues raised at these events are regularly discussed at Senior Leadership meetings and it is seen as a no-holds-barred chance to quiz the Headteacher!

 

One of the main remits of the Lordswood Girls' School Council is to be responsible for fundraising throughout the school year.  As a whole school, Lordswood annually raises money for Breast Cancer Care via the Wear It Pink campaign, Children In Need, Comic Relief and Sport Relief and, to date, has raised tens of thousands of pounds to support these causes.  Individual year groups also support a charity of their choosing each year and Year Group Councils are set the task of organising a fundraising event for their year group to participate in.  Charities such as Cancer Research, The Teenage Cancer Trust, Mind, MacMillan Cancer Care, The British Heart Foundation, RSPCA, NSPCC and UNICEF have all benefited from Lordswood's support in the past and this is something of which we are very proud.

 

Should a student wish to get in touch with the School Council, they should approach their review group Rep who will relay their message to the Council.  Students can also contact Mrs Riley who is the Coordinator for the School Council and is based in GA11.

 

The School Council for 2017-2018 is:

 

Year 7

Sara Junejo

Lilibeth Hubble

Joevana Lumbila

Faiza Sajid

Alisha Ahmed

Harjas Sian

 

Year 8

Beheshta Haroon

Zara Ahmed

Shehrbano Salman

Amelie Standish

Parmeet Johal

Macaiah Darman

Trinity Hutchinson

Sanjana Kumari

 

Year 9

Ariana Mafazi

Layeba Khan

Ella Thrush

Samira Hamizi

Myiesha Hussain

 

Year 10

Aneesa Ali

Aleesha Ahsan

Amna Shuja

Saniyah Mahmood

Kelly Chikandwa

Taksima Khatun

Navdeep Shoker

Aneesa Akram

 

Year 11

Sara Khan

Mariam Naseem

Salsabel Asmael

Raheema Zaier

Zahra Hussain

Ruth Shioleftou

Saba Shazad

 

 

Knightlow Road,

Harborne,

Birmingham,

B17 8QB

 

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