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School Councillors

Our School Councillors are responsible for:

  • Setting the weekly agendas for class council meeting.
  • Undertaking the weekly school council meetings.
  • Defining key projects across the year and set actions to achieve goals.
  • Undertaking parent tours, visitor tours and host other key events.

Our School Council meetings are run by the Head Girl and Head Boy, who were elected during Democracy Day. Also supporting the Head Girl and Head Boy to lead the School Council, are the Secretary and the Treasurer. Their roles are to take minutes from the meetings and email them out to staff and to take responsibility for the school council budget for the year.

School Council meetings take place every other week and include time spent listening to feedback from Class Council meetings based on a set agenda and then discussing and sharing ideas. The School Council also decide on items for discussion during the next Class Council meeting and run a number of competitions throughout the year.

Our School Councillors

Hoxton Garden School Council Meeting Minutes

3rd October 2024

Cross-site School Council Meeting Minutes

17th June 2024

11th March 2024

20th November 2023

Annual Summaries

A summary of 2022 – 2023

This year the School Council encouraged the importance of a friendly school community by promoting ‘Anti-Bullying’ initiatives. They defined what bullying means, and identified the differences between an ‘unkind’ action and ‘bullying’ to encourage the correct usage of the word. They concluded that ‘Bullying is when you are continuously unkind but just being mean once is not.’ The School Council also shared ways in which children can be nicer to one another and how to report unkind incidents. For Anti-Bullying Week, the School Council encouraged everyone to wear odd socks in support of the 2022 ‘Odd Socks Day’ theme of ‘Reaching Out’ – which encouraged children to reach out to someone who is subjected to experiencing unkind actions.

A summary of 2021 – 2022

This year the School Council focussed on promoting regular attendance, celebrating and appreciating diversity within families and communities, and encouraging a ‘greener’ society, in collaboration with the Eco Team. Action items saw the children holding regular assemblies for KS1 and KS2 to promote eco-friendly initiatives and activities in and around the school, such as using reusable water bottles, and switching off lights and electronic items when not in use. The School Council also held assemblies promoting attendance, by encouraging three slogans within the school; ‘Don’t be late to write the date! Go to school daily, it’s smart.’, ‘Missing school = Missing out!’ and ‘Rise and shine, you’ll get there on time.”

  • 23rd October 2024

    KS1 and KS2 Cast Their Votes

    KS1 and KS2 Cast Their Votes

    Democracy Day was an exciting day for everyone Hoxton Garden. They began with their hustings, where the year 6 candidates delivered speeches, persuading the school to give them their vote.

    23rd October 2024
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  • 16th January 2024

    School Councillors Meet Anya Sizer Cllr

    School Councillors Meet Anya Sizer Cllr

    The School Councillors met Anya Sizer Cllr, The Hoxton East and Shoreditch councillor. They enjoyed understanding the important role councillors have in shaping the future and community, through representation and…

    16th January 2024
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  • 22nd November 2023

    School Coucillors First Cross-Site Meeting

    School Coucillors First Cross-Site Meeting

    School councillors from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton met up for their first Cross-Site School Council meeting of the year. They discussed matters arising, shared best practice from their schools and…

    22nd November 2023
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  • 1st November 2023

    Hoxton Cast Their Votes

    Hoxton Cast Their Votes

    As part of Democracy Week the candidates for Head and Deputy Head roles shared their manifestos in the hope of winning pupil’s votes!  

    1st November 2023
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  • 19th May 2023

    School Council Conduct Interviews

    School Council Conduct Interviews

    Our School Councillors interviewed Nicola from the school's catering company, Nourish. They designed their own questions to ask and learnt how each menu is designed, sharing feedback from our pupils too.…

    19th May 2023
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 23rd March 2023

    School Council Cross-Site Meeting

    School Council Cross-Site Meeting

    School Councillors from across Viridis Federation gathered for their termly cross-site meeting. The Councillors discussed a range of events they have organised and participated in and have suggested ideas for…

    23rd March 2023
    Fabiha Sultana

  • 8th November 2021

    Democracy Day With Year 5

    Democracy Day With Year 5

    Here are some photos of Year 5 voting for the Head of School Council during Democracy Day which took place on Friday 15th October. All applicants were from year 6 and…

    8th November 2021
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