UNCRC Article 12 

Children have the right to an opinion and for it to be listened to and taken seriously. 

We want pupils to play an active and positive role in all aspects of school life.

We believe that all children should be given the opportunity to lead an initiative or hold a position of responsibility that impacts the school as a whole, so we offer a wide range of leadership roles in teams.

Each team has a link teacher who works closely with the pupils to develop new projects, arrange events and help the children to contribute to the voice and vision of the school.

• Eco Warriors
  Eco Warriors

  

  Dundonald Eco-Warriors are made up of two representatives from each class, Year 1 to Year 6. They are elected at the beginning of the autumn term to lead projects and address issues relating to sustainability.

  

  The Eco-Warriors meet on a regular basis and they feed back to their classes on action points and represent their class' concerns and ideas at meetings. Four of the Eco-Warriors also have the role of Junior Travel Ambassadors. This means they have extra responsibility for looking at travel issues in the school.

  The Eco-Warriors take the lead in reviewing the sustainability issues in the school. In the autumn term they carry out an Environmental Review and any issues arising are then incorporated into the Eco Action Plan, to be worked on throughout the year.

  The Eco-Warriors are also involved in presenting assemblies to the whole school such as promoting the Eco-Code, introducing competitions, explaining the importance of Fairtrade, as well as passing on green messages and reminders. They monitor energy efficiency in the classrooms by making sure lights are turned off and doors are closed when classrooms are not in use.

  

  Every two years the Eco-Warriors are involved in renewing the school's Green Flag, which is an award recognising the school's eco work. During this process, the school has to show how they are working on the 10 eco-topics of transport, waste, water, litter, school grounds, healthy living, energy, biodiversity, global citizenship and marine. The Eco-Warriors will next be assessed on their eco-work in April 2021.

  Due to Covid-19 we have had to put some of our projects on hold, e.g. volunteering sessions at the Wimbledon Guild garden and the Eco-Craft Club, but we hope to be able to run these as soon as it is safe to do so.

  Projects for this year include:

  1) Green Day (incl. screening of 'The Promise')

  2) Adopting a WWF endangered animal

  3) Litter picking

  4) 2nd Hand Uniform Sales

  5) Switch-Off Fortnight class competition

  6) Promoting walking to school

  7) Textile collection

  8) Developing the Early Years outside area

  9) Waste Competition

  10) The Big Pedal

  11) Promoting cycling and scooting - photo competition

  

• Digital Leaders
  Digital Leaders

  

• School Councillors
  School Councillors

• Arts Ambassadors
  Arts Ambassadors

• Rights Respecting Steering Group
  Rights Respecting Steering Group

• Peer Mediators
  Peer Mediators