What is the School Parliament?

Pupil voice and upholding British Values are very important to us at Christ the King Catholic Primary School. In response to this, we have a School Parliament. A school parliament is a group of pupils within our school who are elected by their peers to represent them and their views.

What do they do?

Our school parliament provides a meaningful way in which pupils can voice their opinions and have their views taken into account in decisions which impact upon them. This includes improvements to the school and the way we do things at Christ the King as well leading whole school initiatives. Our year 5 and 6 MPs will talk to our year one and reception children and be their representatives during meetings.

What happens during a meeting? 

During School Parliament meetings everyone gets a chance to speak and we vote democratically and agree on actions to be taken. Within the parliament, children hold a range of posts and support the Governance of the school. They are ambassadors for our work here at Christ the King.

Glossary 

We try to be very professional in the School Parliament so this glossary might help:

Agenda- a list of things to talk about

Parliament- the name for a group of school parliament representatives 

MPs- the children chosen by their class peers as their representative

Meetings- when the School Parliament meet together

Minutes- the notes taken during a meeting so people can see what goes on

Motion- an idea for the parliament to discuss

Secretary- official minute keeper

Treasurer- in charge of finances (money)

Chair- lead School Parliament representative 

Vice Chair- supports the Chair (leads the committee in the Chair’s absence)