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