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Minutes of meeting Wednesday 16th November 1. Healthier Lifestyles - School Dinner,
reps felt that these are much improved and that the scheme that gives 10 stamps
on your card at dinnertime is working well. (Children get a stamp for 3
healthy choices). 10 stamps = a free swim. Mr Baker reported that there will
soon there will be a childrens gym as well that they can use as a reward for
10 stamps. Healthy Snacks reps reported that they have noticed children
eating cereal bars that are chocolate. Mr Baker asked for the council
newsletter to remind people about healthy snacks and the fact that chocolate
cereal bars are not really suitable. The snack should be healthy. Travel Plan - Mrs King
asked for ideas from the children they suggested participating in walk to
school week, promoting eating a balanced diet, promoting the 5 items of fruit
and veg. campaign, having a role model celebrity with a we should live like
them campign, a walking bus, cycle to school sticker charts. walking to
school stamp cards like the dinner cards. Free fruit Year 3 & 4 and Year 5 & 6 would like the excess fruit
spread out more fairly. At present it is only going to class where their
teachers ask for it. Mr Baker to investigate and try to resolve this issue. 2. School Council Newsletter reps reported
that items include a reminder that water bottles should have water or fruit
juice in them. They said that it will be ready to be published by the end of November. 3. Clubs letter to School Council from Mrs
Summers-Breeze was read out by Mrs King. Reps asked about other clubs that
children would like to restart Mrs King and Mr Baker recommended that children
ask members of staff politely if they will be doing these clubs again and
reminded children that staff run these clubs in their own time. 4. Moving around school reps discussed
issues related to this and to looking after the school in general. Reps said
that they would remind the children in their classes that they should walk,
not run, in the corridors. They felt that some children were going out onto
the playground after dinner without permission. Mr Baker suggested that
toilet passes may need to be reintroduced. 5. Playground games Mrs King reported that
the plan is for the toys to be stored in the shed behind Apollo class. At the
moment this shed is not secure because of the door on the shed. Mr Broadbent
is looking into replacing this door with one that can be secured with a
padlock. Once this is in place, then the toys will be moved into the shed and
they will be available for playtimes again, although there may not be room on
the playground for the larger toys until after the building work is
completed. 6. Lost Property Mrs King asked reps if they
would be prepared to do lost property duty to collect lost items from around
school and return named items to their owners. Mrs King to draw up a rota. 7. Any Other Business a. Some instances of bullying
were reported. Mrs King to investigate these. Mrs King and Mr Baker asked
reps to talk to children in their classes about the need to report any
incident of bullying immediately to their class teacher or Mrs King, Mr Bolton
or Mr Baker straight away and not wait for a council meeting. b. Playtime reps reported
that some children are digging in the mud. c. Reps reported that some
of the Infant and Junior Girls Toilet doors not locking and that the girls
feel uncomfortable about using them. Mrs King to report this to Mr Broadbent. Date
for the next meeting |
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