As part of Loughton School’s commitment to creating citizens of the future through democracy, active school improvement and opportunities to create positive change, we are delighted to once again introduce our student voice groups as many and varied ways in which our children may have their voice heard. 

In an upcoming assembly your child will be introduced to the concept of each of our groups and the qualities and skills that we are looking for in the children who wish to take part will be explained to them as well as the commitment expected.  The groups (in no particular order) which fall under the ‘student voice’ umbrella are as follows: 

 

School Council – open to all year groups  (led by Mrs Read and Mrs McPherson) 

Mrs Read: readn@loughton.school

Mrs McPherson: mcphersonc@loughton.school

This is a formal group of pupils who will seek and represent the views of their peers. As well as ideas for improving the school environment, they will help to fundraise for important national causes, such as Comic Relief, our Christmas Giving Tree and the local Food Bank. Through their role of school councillor, children will learn about democracy. They will learn how to present their views and how it is important to listen to the opinions of others. Through this they will develop the skills of participation and communication and discover how to resolve conflict fairly. Above all, the aim will be to make positive changes to the school all whilst having fun! 

 

Loughton School News – open to all year groups (led by Mrs Solloway) 

Mrs Solloway: sollowayj@loughton.school

Children wishing to work on the LS News team will need to have a strong interest in all aspects of school life, be great communicators, be inquisitive and have some good computing skills. The newspaper will be written by the children for the children, producing the content each week in our team meetings. 

 

Play leaders – a year 6 responsibility only (led by Mrs Martindale)

Mrs Martindale: martindalea@loughton.school  

The role of play leaders at lunchtime will be to support Mrs Martindale in running and organising lunchtime activities for the whole school. You will need to be proactive, organised and have passion for creating and supporting fun lunchtime play. These will include small games, group games and activity stations.

 

Sports leaders - a year 6 responsibility only (led by Mr Williams)

Mr Williams: williamst@loughton.school

The role of a sports leader will be to support Mr Williams for sporting activities. These could include supporting fixtures after school with leading teams, supporting during the fixtures, running stations throughout the fixtures too. Within school, the role would be to support the PE team with day to day tasks set by our sports coaches on a rota system.

 

Junior librarians – a year 6 responsibility only (led by Miss Garner) 

Miss Garner: garnerh@loughton.school

Our junior librarians help to run the lunchtime library slots meaning that the library becomes more accessible for our children throughout the week. They will issue and return books and help others find what they are looking for. They support reading events in school and promote reading across the curriculum areas. They will also have the opportunity to read and review any new books which are purchased this year ahead of the rest of the school to let others know they think. 

 

Digi leaders – open to all year groups (led by Mr Whyman) 

Mr Whyman: whymanb@loughton.school

This group of children will be there as computing ambassadors, helping teachers to ensure that their peers have the appropriate IT equipment to facilitate learning. They will also need to report when any of our technology is not working. This sensible and responsible group of children will need to be computer-savvy as they may be called upon to support their friends!