Pupil Leadership

At St Peter's, our pupils have asked for roles and responsibilities as part of their school life. They see it as part of belonging to the school and being able to contribute. We have developed roles with them to enables them to take the lead in shaping their school community, supporting decision making and upholding the school and British values.

Courageous Advocacy

At St Peter's, we understand this to be 'speaking out or acting against an injustice, often for a cause or individual who can't act themselves.' Pupils at St Peter's are passionate about making a difference to others and below are some of the ways in which they have impacted others positively recently. Recent examples of courageous advocacy include:

Raising money with Maths day to pay for water purifiers for two schools in Uganda through Christain Development Uganda and raising money on a whole school sponsored walk for Rise and Shine school through Christian Development Uganda. This money will pay for new outdoor play equipment.

Supporting safety, support, connection and community in our village by: helping set up and attending community lunches for older village residents; including delivering greetings cards; designing signs for the local village playground; recycling second hand clothes, donating food to local food bank.

Holding a climate change awareness day and envt awareness day linked to Earth day to raise awareness and encourage individuals to reduce their plastic use and raise issues like river pollution with our local MP.

School Council

School councillors nominate themselves and are voted for by their peers. They develop and share an understanding of democracy, justice and take their roles seriously. This year to date they have:

held a whole school charity vote
organised a non uniform day and whole school sponsored walk to raise money for said charity
welcomed Charlie Maynard MP and other visitors to school
written in our school newsletter
in process of organising a whole school charity walk with FOSPs.
given tours of school
attended Future generations event at County hall Oxford
attended meetings
taken comments and suggestions from peers

Eco council

Our eco-council are passionate about the environment and looking after it. This year they have:

completed regular litter picking in and around school
supported gardening with volunteers around school
building homes for wildlife
planting plants to encourage biodiversity
welcoming and thanking climate change child author
encouraging energy saving in classrooms

Wellbeing Buddies

Our wellbeing buddies proactively seek opportunities to connect with peers and the wider community for the mental, emotional and physical wellbeing of all. This year their activities include:

notifying adults if they notice someone is lonely or sad at playtimes
monitoring the worry jar
inviting local community members to events
looking after the vegetable/herb plot in the quiet garden
attending community 'Nosh and Natter lunches including making table decorations for them

Worship Warriors

Our worship warriors are keen to support themselves and others to explore religion and spirituality as well as promote the Christian values of school. This year they have: