Leadership and Teamwork
There are leadership and teamwork opportunities for pupils of all ages within the classroom and in the wider School community. We celebrate the leadership skills of our most senior girls by appointing a Head Girl, Deputy Head Girl and Senior Prefects who are expected to act as role models to their peers as well as ambassadors at specific public events throughout their time in Year 6.
Leadership Opportunities
As well as House, Form or Vice Captains, and the roles on the Pupil Leadership Team (PLT), there are many other ways we develop leadership in School. Our Year 6 pupils not only become buddies to our Reception girls to help them to settle into school life but they also take on such roles as leading on charities, helping to develop the Library and leading on digital initiatives. In addition, there are roles to assist with various curriculum areas of interest (for example, Sport, Music, Art) as well as more pastoral roles as playground buddies and class helpers.
Throughout the School, we encourage and support girls to go above and beyond our expectations. In Year 6, those who show initiative and the qualities of a role model are invited to join the Head Girls Team as a Prefect. Across other year groups, the girls vote for their form and vice captains who then sit on the PLT and Eco-Committee respectively, helping to shape future developments of our school and its eco credentials.
‘Take a Risk’ Week
Throughout the year, alongside our regular PSHCE curriculum, we run special events, such as ‘Take a Risk’ week, to encourage our girls to do something out of their comfort zone. Numerous leadership activities and opportunities are available during these events. In conjunction with our everyday classroom work on building the girls’ learning habits, we also teach group-work skills and explain how different roles and individual abilities are essential to making collaboration such a powerful to tool to learning.
Our residential trips are another opportunity for girls to develop leadership skills through various activities outside the classroom.
Pupil Leadership Team (PLT)
The Head Girl Team lead the PLT, meeting weekly with the Head to discuss the views of the class, concerns or suggestions, and to agree on any actions which can be taken. They are joined by two representatives from each class (from Year 2 upwards), who are elected termly by their class as Form and Vice Form Captains.
In previous years, they have met with our catering company to discuss lunches, looked at our School healthy snack policy, discussed the issues of careful use of the magic playground, as well as helped to design a new climbing frame area and playground update.
