Student Voice

Having a say is a right:

Children have the right to say what they think should happen, when adults are making decisions that affect them, and to have their opinions taken into account.

Student Leadership

Mission
To allow each member of the school community to have a voice

Vision
To improve the whole school experience for students

Student Leadership
Each year group has its own pastoral leaders. These are a group of students who work with their Heads of Year to ensure the voices of the year group are heard and acted upon so that there is a co-constructive approach to school development and planning.

The students write letters of application to hold these positions and go through a rigorous interview process. The students are expected to demonstrate our core values and need to be able to lead with integrity and dignity.

Each year group’s leaders also meet collectively with Mr Steel and Mr Marchant to discuss issues which are pertinent to whole-school development. The actions of the Student Leadership teams are reflected in the You Said, We Did feedback opportunities.

All students are also given the chance to apply for roles on specialist leadership teams such as The Well-Being Team, The Environmental Team, The Climate for Learning Team, The Anti-Bullying Ambassadors, The Curriculum-Development Team and The Attendance Team. We want to make sure all our students have a chance to have their say in the constant evolution of our school.

Listening to The Students

It is very important that you, as students, have a chance to give your views and share your ideas about your school.

If you have an idea or a comment you would like to share about the school or the development of the school, please email it to the address below. This email will then be picked up by senior staff and by the student leadership group and will be discussed.

You will receive a notification to say that your email has been received.

We look forward to hearing from you.

myvoice@thekjs.com

The Student Leadership and learners at The King John School have had a successful few years with many achievements:

Pastoral Leaders Elections (each year)
Core Values Project
Environment Project
Black History Month presentation
Youth Parliament elections
Emailing list for information to whole school
‘You said, we did’ initiative
Post box for well-being and suggestions
Anti-bullying Poetry Competition during Anti-Bullying week
YOPEY Awards
Jack Petchey Awards for Students
Gospel Choir performed at the Royal Opera House
Our World Assembly
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary Trip
Charity Shoe Box appeal (16 boxes made by Student Voice)
Jack Petchey Speak Out challenge
Jack Petchey Regional Final hosted by KJS
Catering: Student Voice Executive members involved in taster sessions
Poppy Appeal
Student Voice Wellbeing Surveys
Parliament Week
Christmas collection for HARP
Discussion regarding culture and what’s important to the students
Nomination for student of Parliament Week
Book Display for World Book Day
Equaliteas Event

Sixth Form Student Voice

Prefects
Sixth form magazine
London Business trip
Christmas charity
Lower School listeners
SV Core Value Project
Mooting Competition
African Dance class
Gospel Choir
Peer Mentoring
Easter Charity
Environmental ideas
Lower school mentoring

Staff and students have been proactive in providing all the students at The King John School a voice.

Look out for the Student Voice Suggestion Post Box in the main Foyer.

Students can pop any ideas, thoughts and suggestions into the box and these will be collected and discussed at the student voice meetings.

Learning to Learn

We encourage our students to be able to understand their learning and progress. We want to make sure they can identify the skills as well as the content of a subject they are learning and applying. We also want them to be able to appreciate how educations prepares them for the wider world. This booklet is issued to students in the tutor time learning to learn programme to support our learners in their understanding of the educational process.

Student Review Learning Checklist Booklet