The Good Samaritan parable is at the centre of our core belief that we should use our skills and knowledge to serve others now and in the future. This way we are ready for everything that is to come.
At St. James, we have established a range of different pupil leadership opportunities to assist in this. We have BEAM Ambassadors, Reading Ambassadors, Sports Leaders, Prefects, School Council and a Collective Worship Committee. We expect our children to take on leadership roles, we give them ownership and in return ensure they are serving others through their work. This we would call our collective responsibility and creates readiness for the future in our pupil leadership programme.
Opportunities to lead exist across school for all our children to attain at some stage.
BEAM Ambassadors are selected by staff to receive external Barnado's training. The second cohort has just received this. Once complete they take their ambassador role daily into the school environment. They can be identified by their red hoodies and work closely with Miss Hirst and Mrs Lloyd to manage their timetable of support. They report to Mrs Butterworth and Mr Denton when suggesting rewards or feedback for children living our vision and those providing the Good Samaritan in the playground and offering service to others.
THEIR CURRENT FOCUS IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY MAINTAIN THEIR LUNCHTIME RAINBOW ZONE AND THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE FOUR OR FIVE STARS EACH WEEK FOR RESPECT AND SAFETY.
THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK
Nominated by staff and children to take on board accountable roles at lunchtimes. They manage our innovative play zones, they initiative games - such as the current training sessions they provide in our football skills zone and they demonstrate technique and support new children in zones such as golf, carpet bowls, basketball, remote control cars and lego. We expect our Sports Leaders (green vests) to manage these areas and communicate well with everyone in there - in return they have ownership and a playground that is different to any other. Our Prefects (gold hoodies) have additional responsibilities in school and contribute to the maintenance of our Star of Safety at all times. It is the role of these children to carry our vision beyond the classroom and show that they are ready for the future by giving them independence and responsibility. These roles are usually awarded to children from year 4 upwards.
THEIR CURRENT FOCUS IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PLAY ZONES ARE IN FULL USE DAILY AND GETTING NEW CHILDREN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE SPORTS ZONES.
THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK
Chosen by staff and peers, these children come together from across all year groups to become a lead voice for worship and to take on board ministries within our daily acts of collective worship. In addition to meeting regularly with our Collective Worship Leader, the children lead worship each Tuesday when they present a special 'Circle of Life' service. They undertake their ministries as part of all acts of collective worship and lead this independently. They play an important role in collecting pupil voice and reflections upon worship. These are gathered daily from our children and are collated and shared with the school. The children help to plan content and review the impact of our messages. They are currently creating a new film to capture the 'Circle of Life' in our school.
THEIR CURRENT FOCUS IS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR MINISTRIES ARE AN EMBEDDED PART OF OUR DAILY WORSHIP.
THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK
The school council is nominated each Autumn Term by their peers and this is currently led by Mrs Lloyd. Their brief is to act as a sounding board for ideas and focus primarily upon physical projects for improvement across school. They are currently spending their time looking at the cloakroom environment and making plans to improve these across school - initially in the main year 4/5/6 cloakroom space.
THEIR CURRENT PROJECT IS: RE-DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING CLOAKROOM ENVIRONMENTS
RECENT IMPACT OF THEIR WORK
Our Reading Ambassadors are avid readers and book enthusiasts! Being a Reading Ambassador is all about reading for pleasure and sharing the deep enjoyment of reading with others. Our ambassadors have been chosen because of their passion for reading and their enthusiasm to share this. Part of the role of Reading Ambassador is to encourage others in their class to read. We want to instil a love of reading and provide opportunities in which children value reading for pleasure.
THEIR CURRENT FOCUS IS TO ENSURE THAT DEAR (DROP IT AND READ) IS FULLY IN PLACE FOR AL CHILDREN
THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK