Pupil Voice
A message from our two Head Students in Year 6:
Being elected Head Student has made me reflect on how lucky and privileged I am to represent such an incredible and supportive school community. One of my aims is to encourage all the students here to have the positive experience I have had during my time from Nursery to Year 6. Throughout my years of school, I have tried to uphold the school motto Dream, Believe, Achieve and I would like to encourage my fellow pupils to do the same.
As Head Student, I do my best to be approachable, friendly and always willing to listen to everyone’s great ideas! I am grateful Smitham has given me these great opportunities and I would like to give back to the school by ensuring that others are given the same chances to achieve their full potential.
Eliza
October 2022
As Head Student, I want to make sure that students’ ideas are heard and that everyone has a say. I am extremely grateful for being given this opportunity and hope to use it to its fullest. From Nursery to Year 6, I think everyone should be able to experience the enjoyment of our school and the possibilities it brings. Since Covid effected two of our school years, I want to make this one the best yet. I know people have a wide range of opinions and I am ready to listen to all of them. I fully understand all of my responsibilities and know I am able to manage them all. I want to make Smitham the best it can possibly be.
Fenn
October 2022
A message from the Head Girl - September 2021
Being Head Girl has already changed my life for the better. As Head Girl, it is my responsibility to look after the school and make sure it is a safe and happy environment from Nursery to Year 6. I feel more connected to the school as I have more roles and responsibilities. Personally, I have a collection of ideas that I could use to make the school a better environment for all staff and pupils. I want to make sure that this year it is an outstanding year for everybody, as the past two years have not necessarily been ‘normal’. During Covid, our year groups were restricted from doing exciting things like school trips and a whole school sports day and I want to change that and make this the best year that Smitham has ever seen.
For me, I would like to make Year 6 the best year for my year group and me. Being Head Girl has already opened up lots of opportunities for me and hopefully will open up even more. I am and will be forever grateful for having the position as Head Girl and I will do my best to set a great example for the younger children. My promise to the school is to set a good example and role model for younger and older children alike. My goal is to be known as Bella, the Head Girl who made a difference to the school and who built a nice environment for all children.
Bella Campbell
A message from the Head Boy - September 2021
I am very thankful and appreciative to be in the position of head boy and now I am honoured to share my opinions and ideas with teachers, students and parents. Now that I have this opportunity, I want to make students' opinions heard and hope they feel comfortable to come to me and tell me about problems they have come across.
One of my goals as head boy is to make equipment available to all years for fair use during break and lunch times. As I am very passionate about education, I want to make learning a priority for everyone this academic year, not only about what we learn in the classroom, but about the world around us too.
Kane Walker
Smitham Reflects!
Learning Council Blog - May 2018
On Monday 23rd April, the Learning Council visited the large building site to view the building and to share our opinions regarding the interior design. We were guided to their block of offices to put on hard hats, high-viz jackets and gloves to ensure we were safe. We walked through their security barriers and immediately saw the immense building. The builders showed us to a classroom and we looked at the range of colours of carpets. We decided that we would have to rethink one of the carpet colours. Finally, we went back to their offices, took off our equipment and went back to school.
Learning Council Blog - April 2018
Enriched Reading - 16/4/18
In this school, we have an amazing thing that we do at the end of the day called Enriched Reading. It really helps us up-level our work. When we read our book and we hear a good word, we write it down on the board. And when it comes to writing, we use those words to improve our writing. Enriched Reading helps us a lot.
By Holly, Alfie and Leonardo