At Worstead School, we have two opportunities for children to specifically have an impact on how the school is run and to represent their fellow pupils. Each year a new School Council and Eco Council are voted in, following presentations in classes and a whole school 'hustings' to determine the key Year 6 leadership roles of Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary.

School Council are responsible for many different aspects of school life, and meet regularly with Mr Read, the headteacher:

• Suggesting events and fitting them into the school year
• Planning and running special events
• Supporting charity and community work
• Showing prospective parents around
• Passing on children's general concerns and wishes
• Representing the school to visitors
• Interviewing prospective employees
• And many more duties that crop up during the year

Eco Council focus specifically on how school life impacts on the local and global environment, in conjunction with Mrs Truman-Grieve, our Forest School Teacher. This includes:

• Nurturing and protecting the wildlife on and around our school
• Encouraging plants and wild animals to make their home in Worstead
• Having a say and acting on issues of energy conservation around the school
• Suggesting ways that the school itself could help to protect our environment

Each year we also vote in Year 6 house captains, who are responsible for holding aloft the trophy each week in Gold Book assembly, based on which house has the most house points. They also organise inter-house competition. The culmination of the house points battle is at our annual Sports Day in July.