Pupil Leadership
We believe the best schools have a pupil lead culture where children take on key leadership roles and get their voice heard.
We whole-heartedly value the work of our pupil leaders, using it to shape the teaching and learning that happens at our school. We are moulding leaders of the future, ready for work, ready for the world. We strive to craft confident and articulate leaders who can share their views to any audience and apply their leadership skills to real life situations.
The aim of the various teams within the Pupil Leadership Team is to give children the chance to have leadership within the school, ensuring that their voices and opinions are heard. Through this, we regularly receive pupil voice to make improvements. Therefore, we are giving the children the opportunity to assist with those improvements along our journey of improvement.
At Park Hill Junior School, we actively encourage children to challenge, discuss and debate issues which are important to them. Our children feel safe to share their opinions and viewpoints, and this is gathered through pupil voice surveys, learning walks, class council suggestion boxes and a pupil voice suggestion box at the entrance of the school. The feedback and suggestions the Pupil Leadership team receive from their peers is discussed at regular Pupil leadership team meetings and then acted upon accordingly. Members of the Pupil leadership teams are assigned different roles and overseen by a member of staff.
Pupil leadership teams monitor aspects of the school including the curriculum, the behaviour and wellbeing of pupils at our school and our school environment. This aligns with our PHJS curriculum, a global curriculum with strong aims for ALL learners. Our pupil leaders also support our PE Staff Leader to ensure we fulfil the health and fitness agenda of the Trust and champion an eco-friendly approach to our school environments.
We are very proud of our pupil leaders because they make a difference to all children's school experience.
Our House Captains
(voted into the role by staff)
Our House Captains are carrying out their duties of setting up the hall for assemblies and presenting the certificates and tokens in Merit Assembly with great responsibility. We value their help in showing parents and carers around when we have open afternoons/parent consultations and they are setting a fine example to their house groups in their embodiment of the school values.
Our Sports Captains
(voted into the role by peers following a speech)
Our Sports Captains are setting a great example of how to play games and participate in sporting activities fairly with respect to all abilities. They are helping the PE Subject Leader with the house sporting events over the year and inspiring their house teams.
Our School Council Reps
(voted into the role by peers following a speech)
Our School Council meets regularly to discuss school issues and represent the voice of their classes. They express pupil views and concerns and work to improve school life in many areas.
Our Digital Leaders
(children can apply for the role in September)
Our digital leaders help staff by looking after and collecting the digital resources needed for lessons. They do their job very responsibly and help others with digital issues where they can.
Our Eco-Leaders
(children can apply for the role in September)
Our Friendship Leaders
(children can apply for the role in September)
Our Friendship Leaders are looking out for children at playtimes who need a helping hand or someone to play with. They are very kind and caring to others and make other children’s days a little brighter.
Our Lunch Leaders
(children can apply for the role in September)
Our lunch leaders are showing themselves to be excellent role models at lunchtime in their good manners, helping others and in keeping the floor and tables clean. It is every child’s responsibility to clear up their table and the floor area, but our lunch leaders are leading by example and are very diligent.
Our TfL Explorer Ambassadors
(children can apply for the role in September)
Our TfL Explorer Ambassadors are working in the hope that we can all make as many active journeys as possible which are also kinder to the planet. They are doing a great job!
Our Y6 Skills Builder Champions
Our Skills Builder Champions exemplify the Skills Builder Skills of Listening, Speaking, Problem-Solving, Creativity, Staying Positive, Aiming High, Leadership and Teamwork. They are looking out for children at break and lunchtime who are demonstrating these skills.