Pupil Voice is one of the school's long term priorities. if we are going to teach the children life skills, they should be able to practise these skills in real life situations.
We encourage children to take responsibility for their behaviour through our Assertive Discipline Approach
Through our target setting approach, we enable children to take responsibility for their learning, to know their strengths and to address their weaknesses
Children have an input into the curriculum through saying what they would like to learn about a topic
Children are beginning to evaluate their lessons constructively, stating what has worked for them and how the lesson could have been better. they are aware of learning styles and the Multiple Intelligences
School Council
We have 20 classes at Cleves. Each of the 20 classes elect a representative from their class to attend meetings. The Schools Council meet once a month, after school and on some lunchtimes. They discuss important issues that affect them and contribute to making the school a better place to be for everyone. The School Council bring their class ideas to the meeting and discuss what to do, then feedback to their classes. A Chair Person and Secretary are elected for each term and organise an agenda and the minutes for the meetings. Cleves School Council is also part of the Elm School Council with five other schools. The School Council made up the Cleves School Code of Conduct and review this annually. Download a copy of the Code of Conduct (PDF).
The School Council are also responsible for choosing our charity annually and for the school year 2009-2010 this is The Rett Syndrome Association UK click here to find out more about this charity.
We have 20 Mentors at Cleves each year. They have 3 main roles:
To act as a good role model for the other children
To be ambassadors for the school
To look after the Year 3 children during their induction and first year at Cleves
We choose the mentors in the Summer Term of Year 5 so that they can get to know the Year 2 children at Induction. They receive training in their role and do a splendid job!
We have Associate Governors in each year group who work as part of a team on an Every Child Matters strand with an adult Governor and a Senior Teacher from the School. They have half termly meetings with the Chair of Governors and attend full Governor meetings for the first hour. Their job is to reflect on strategic issues for the school and to give the pupil perspective.
Associate Governors are invited to serve at Cleves for their first year at Secondary School and often do so. This year those Governors still serving are:
Leon Groves, Kiaya Nigel, Callum Eve and Callum Carlisle
