A school council does a number of things:

• The school council meets – usually with a teacher present – to discuss and sort out problems. These may include school lunches, raising awareness of Environmental issues, behaviour or ideas for fundraising events.
• Carterknowle is an environmentally conscious school and our School Council takes an active role in raising awareness across all year groups about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling where possible in school.
• Members of the school council will be responsible for carrying out the ideas that have been agreed, such as identifying how the school can be more environmentally friendly, or meeting with catering staff.

Our school council is democratically elected every school year.  It has successfully raised money for charities such as The Red Cross, organised events such as our bake sale for Children in Need and helped with improving school life, such as dinner time.