Pupil Leadership

At St Peter and St Paul, we are excited to introduce to you our Pupil Leadership Teams, which encourage our students to take on meaningful roles in both our school and the wider community. The team is made up of four key groups: the GIFT Team, Caritas Ambassadors, Eco Team, Digital Leaders and the School Council.

Guided by the words from Proverbs 11:25, “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed,” these groups work collaboratively to uphold our school’s values. Through their efforts, they aim to make a positive difference locally and globally, embracing the principles of service, leadership, and care for the environment as part of our Catholic ethos.

Our Pupil Leadership Teams

GIFT Team

Description	The GIFT Team plays a vital role in the prayer life of school. They lead regular prayer club sessions with groups of children in the Amamus Room. They take on a leading role in Wednesday’s Virtues to Live By assembly. On key feast days and seasons in the Liturgical Calendar they visit classes to speak and/or lead assemblies. In September, pupils from Year Five can write a letter of application to be chosen to be a member of the GIFT Team. Staff then select 6-8 pupils.
Current Members	Staff: Catherine Butterworth and Sarah Heys Pupils: Chukwudalu Eunice Karlton Macey Leigh Mason Pixie
Meeting Details	Thursday lunchtimes, once a month
Log of Actions	Led Rosary Prayer club during Friday break times in October
Assembly Appearances	Every Monday for Gospel assembly

Caritas Ambassadors

Description	Caritas Ambassadors live out our school mission, in particular ‘We act with Love’. They play a vital role in the Catholic life and Mission of school. They promote charity activities such as food bank collections and St Joseph’s Penny. They also encourage prayer for those experiencing poverty and promote charity work, for example the Caritas Advent appeal. On key feast days and seasons in the Liturgical Calendar they may visit classes to speak and/or lead assemblies. In September, pupils from Year Four, Five and Six can nominate themselves to be a member of the team. The pupils in Year Five and Six received training from Caritas last September and remain in post for a second year.
Current Mission	Caritas Ambassadors will do all they can to encourage pupils of our school to act with love through charity work and praying for those experiencing hardship.
Current Members	Staff: Catherine Butterworth and Sarah Heys Pupils: Year 6 – Samantha Year 6 – Noel Year 5 – Emily Year 5 – Kaian Year 5 – Jesse Year 4 – Jayden Year 4 – Phoebe B Year 4 – Phoebe G (left school Jan 25)
Meeting Details	Autumn term: Thursday lunchtimes, once a month Spring term: after school termly, lunch times when needed
Log of Actions	October – organise harvest collection and take donations to Emmaus March – St Joseph’s Penny, Big Lent Walk, signs of Hope cards for the community
Assembly Appearances	Harvest assembly – 14/10/24 Caritas Sunday – 27/1/25 Launch St Joseph’s Penny and the Big lent walk – 3/3/25

Eco Team

Description	Eco Team to complete the Green Flag Application and increase awareness of our environment both in school and in the wider community.
Current Mission	To reflect the school Eco-Code, created by the Eco Committee, which will be created from the schools current Eco-Schools Action Plan. This will including the three topics to be worked on once the committee has read the finished Eco Review.
Current Members	Staff: Warwick Campion Pupils: Year 3 – Year 4 – Fenet, Mine Year 5 – Libby, Mason Year 6 – Anvo, Shelia
Meeting Details	Meetings will be held as often as possible to update on steps being taken to complete the action plan and Green Flag Application criteria.
Log of Actions	Eco Review has been done, awaiting first committee meeting to confirm 3 areas for the action plan and how to move forward with these.

School Council

Description	The School Council plays a vital role in ensuring that pupil voice is heard. They also take a leading role in organising key events throughout the school year including a number of fundraising events to support school initiatives and selected charities. In September, pupils from Year two to Year Six can nominate themselves to be a School Council Representative for their class. Finalists are then given the opportunity to speak to the class about why they should be elected and two pupils from each class are selected via pupil vote. Over the year we will representing students, discuss any issues, prompting our school values and British values.
Current Mission	Our school council respects everyone’s opinions through the pupil’s voice. Ensuring all children are heard and considered. They show love and care for our school family. God`s love is at the centre of our school council by following his example by placing him at the centre of all we do.
Current Members	Staff: Pauline Shepherd and Denise Brown Pupils: Year 2 – Ruona & Ryan Year 3 – Shanaya & Prem Year 4 – Bruna & Neymar Year 5 – Pixie & Jesse Year 6 – Fatima & Abdi Charline & Evin
Meeting Details	After School on a Thursday once a month or half term Dinner times when needed
Log of Actions	Organising the Spooky Disco and Christmas Fayre, discussing cost, stalls and what will be sold. What would they like to spend the money to improve our school. Wet play equipment, outdoor equipment, £50 to each class to spend. Pupil voice: Ask every child how can we improve our school, what do they want? Next steps: Easter event, Easter bonnets and summer fest. To promote and work on making our school a healthier place. We will discuss and look at snack and the pack lunch policy.
Assembly Appearances	24^th February 2025

Digital Leaders

Description	The Digital Leaders play an important role at St Peter and St Paul’s. They offer advice to the children in school, encourage and inspire children to be internet-safe, and promote respect and courtesy when going online. The Digital Leaders deliver assemblies and organise competitions throughout the year. They meet every term to plan activities to run across school. They work alongside teachers to support their peers within lesson time. They assist with the use of ICT around school, preparing the ICT Suite for their classmates, checking equipment, collecting devices and are responsible for plugging in and charging devices.
Current Mission	All children at St Peter and St Paul’s are responsible, creative and analytical digital citizens. All children are online-safe, online-inspired and online-confident.
Current Members	Staff: Laura Greveson Pupils: Year 5 Ishani Eva Jesse Antoni Farhaan Lucy
Meeting Details	Wed 2^nd Oct – lunch time meeting to talk about the E-Safety competition and our presentation in assembly Wed 16^th Oct – Meeting to choose a winner for the competition Planned Meetings – Spring: Safer Internet Day Planned Meetings – Summer: Skills showcase presentation from each class’s computing topic
Log of Actions	Autumn – Whole school E-safety Competition
Assembly Appearances	September – introduce the digital leaders October – E-safety Competition

Together, these groups embody our commitment to follow Mary’s example of service and inspire their peers to live out our Catholic values in meaningful ways. The Pupil Leadership Teams at St Peter and St Paul not only enhances our school community but also extends our reach, showing that even small actions, when done with great love, can make a significant difference.

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