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Leadership

Library Ambassadors

 

At Hamstel Infant School and Nursery we have a team of 8, Year 2 children who have been voted in by their class peers to help look after our library.  These children have been chosen to be our role models to advocate a positive use of the library as well as Reading for Pleasure around the school.

 

As part of their role they demonstrate the expectation of using and looking after our school library which is used by all.  Another part of the role is to help promote Reading for Pleasure across our school, maybe providing recommendations for books, ideas and communicating these with their classes or through assemblies.

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The Eco committee

 

Each year the classes vote for a representative for their class to be on the Eco Committee, making 12 members in total. To support the voting process the children discuss the importance of being part of the Eco Committee and the role they would play. The children then put themselves forward if they were interested in representing their class.  The Eco Committee then meet regularly to discuss any environmental issues raised or projects they may be working on.

 

Eco committee responsibilities include:

 

  • Ensuring everyone in the school turns off the lights and any unused electrical items when everyone leaves the classroom.

  • Ensuring litter is placed in the correct bins. We have green bins for recycling and red bins for non-recycling.

  • Using litter pickers around the school to clear up any rubbish and help keep the environment tidy.

Wellbeing Champions

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Our Wellbeing Champions play an important role in our school. They work throughout the school to help children be happier, healthier, more confident and resilient. They do this by being someone to talk to, building close relationships and helping other children feel safe and listened to. 

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What does a Wellbeing Champion do?

  • Notice if someone is not feeling ok or acting normal,

  • Try and cheer our friends up and be someone to talk to,

  • Help our friends share good news or achievements,

  • Encourage our friends to look after their bodies,

  • Help our teachers share books with the class which talk about our feelings,

  • Look after the feelings monster,

  • Share good news in assemblies.

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Wellbeing Champions attend a meeting every two weeks to plan wellbeing activities for their class and the school.

At the beginning of each year any children interested in the role explain to the class why they would like to do the job and why they think they would be good at the role. After all the presentations, each class votes for two children to represent their class for the year.

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Playground Buddies

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Our playground buddies help other children when they need help or support on the playground. 

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What does a Playground Buddy do?

  • Make sure no one is alone or unhappy on the playground.

  • Play games with children and teach them new games.

  • Help create a fun, peaceful atmosphere in the playground.

  • Playground buddies are friendly so other children can go to them for help if they need it.

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Our playground buddies need to be caring, calm, sensible, understanding, helpful, a good listener and reliable.

 For our children to be chosen for this role, they have to think about why they would like to be a playground buddy and why they would be good at the role. The children then write an application for being a playground buddy. Two playground buddies are chosen in each class in KS1 and they are on ‘playground buddy duty’ for a half-term. 

Each playground buddy is given a badge to wear and a Playground Buddy bib to wear at playtime and lunchtime. The playground buddies meet every three weeks to share what they have enjoyed about being a buddy and things they are not sure about.

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Our Playground Buddy role helps to:

  • Create a safe, friendly, happy and peaceful atmosphere for children at playtime.

  • Develop social skills.

  • Develop positive relationships.

  • Ensure no children are lonely.

Dining Hall Helpers

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Our dining hall helpers are children who have volunteered to help in the dining hall at lunchtimes. Our dining hall helpers need to be caring, calm, sensible, reliable, helpful, hard working and a team player. In order for our children to be considered for the role, they need to think about the reasons why they want to be a dining hall helper and why they would be good at the role. Dining hall helpers are chosen on a daily basis by the class teacher.

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What does a dining hall helper do?

  • Help at the salad bar

  • Help children clear their plates and cutlery

  • Help to prepare the lunch tables with cutlery, napkins, cups and jugs of water

  • Help children to follow the dining hall expectations

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