Wray Common is very proud of its School Council. Each year, a child from every class is democratically voted to be a member of the School Council and are responsible for representing the opinions of their class.

"My role/ responsibility is vice chair in the school council. What I do is read the behaviour report and go round the school interviewing the Assistant Headteachers. I find my responsibility very enjoyable and fun to do and I hope other children enjoy their job just as much." – Aneira

"My job is a school council member. I am very proud to be a part of the school council and take my role responsibly. It is an important role because if there wasn’t a school council, the school wouldn’t be able to reflect and improve on things that may be doing wrong." – Elsa

"My role as the school council chair is incredible because every Friday I get to read out the behaviour report and decide what goes on it." – Hugh

When children join Wray Common they are allocated to a house, either Rubies, Sapphires, Diamonds or Emeralds. House Captains have a range of responsibilities which range from counting house points for the weekly Celebration Assembly to helping to pick teams and motivate their houses in whole school events such as Sports Day and the Annual Swimming Gala.

Wray Common is very proud of its House Captains. Each year, Captains and Vice-Captains are democratically voted for each of the school’s four houses: Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds and Sapphires.

"I really like to be a house captain as you get lots of additional jobs such as taking my house to victory in house factor, sports day and other house related competitions." – Phoebe B

"House Captain is a job you have to run to catch up with because you can always do better. A great part of honesty is included in how many house points your house has earned. You also have to be kind if you don’t win and clap for others. I am passionate when I do it and I always wanted to be one and now I am one. Although there is a lot I can improve on being a House Captain." – Phoebe J

"My role is the vice captain and we collect the house points on Friday lunch time. Me and Phoebe swap turns going up in assembly each week. I enjoy my role because you get to go up in assembly and represent your house. This role is important because if we don’t collect the house points nobody will get the teddies." – Millie

We are very proud of our Year 6 Sports Leaders here at Wray Common. Each of our Sports Leaders are chosen because of their passion and commitment to sport which they can use to teach and inspire our younger pupils. Here’s what some of our current leaders have to say about their role:

"I love helping the younger children to learn to grow, it feels incredible to have the opportunity to help and encourage everyone. I love passing on the knowledge and skills I have learnt and it is a pleasure to teach them. I am so grateful for this role. I hope I can encourage people to help others with P.E. like me. I love being a Sports Leader! – Amelie

"I picked this job because I am obsessed with sport and I got this job for that reason. I enjoy it so much and love helping the younger children. I thoroughly appreciate whoever was in favour of me getting this job. In the past I have helped Mr Martin so I am pretty experienced." – Harrison

"My role is sports leader. I help teachers teach P.E. and set up. This job is important because its our responsibility to help teach and set up to make sure they have a good P.E. lesson. Also we push them to the limit to achieve." – Sasha

"My role is sports leader and we support and help Mr Martin in P.E. lessons, It has been going great so far in the P.E. lessons we have been doing. My role is important because so then Mr Martin has some more people to do the lesson if he is helping someone else." – Zachary

Peer mediators play a pivotal role in the smooth running of lunchtimes here a Wray Common School by helping to resolve problems and buddying up with children who are struggling to engage with others in the playground.

"My role in the year 6 team is being a peer mediator. A peer mediator’s job is to help children solve their arguments and to find a friend for the children if they are lonely. I chose this job because I am passionate that everyone should have a lunch time they can enjoy. I also love working with younger children." – Yara

"I am a peer mediator, it is the best job! I enjoy this because you resolve problems at lunchtime. The second reason, is that Mrs Walker said I might have the opportunity to lead the peer mediators, which I would really enjoy." – Rooshan

"My role is being a peer mediator. I help children on the playground and sort out problems. For as long as I have been doing my job I have had no one telling me on the playground that they have argued with someone. Some other peer mediators have told me that the KS1 playground has ahad more problems than the KS2 playground. This role is important because it stops friendships from being broken and bullying at the school." – Toby

Whether it’s looking into new school wide initiatives to cut down on plastic or investigating the school’s carbon footprint, the Eco Council plays a critical role.

"I like this job because I get to plan the meetings and tell them what they need to say and see if they agree with my ideas and my thoughts. I go to meetings every Friday and make the powerpoints if there are any and give information to and from Mr Murphy." – Theo

"Being the chair of the Eco Council is a fun and exciting job. You get a cool badge and you are head of a council." – Hagan

Our recycling monitors have a very important job ensuring that the school recycles as much as possible.

"‘Being a recycling monitor is a fun job and it is also very interesting and I love to walk around the school. I love to help carry and help my friends’ carry the bins to the dump." – Adam

"I think my role as a recycling champion is perfect for me. It is also an important role because recycling keeps our environment safe." – Lee

Chosen for their creative talent and passion for the Arts, out art leaders help to inspire younger children to get creative.

"Being an art leader is a very fun and I really enjoy helping younger children become better artists. I also love, with other art leaders, to create special artwork for teachers. I had always wanted the role of art leader as I have loved art from a very young age. I love being an art leader." – Abeerah

"Being an art leader is a fun and exciting job, you get the chance to help other children do art, you also get a really cool purple badge to wear." – Sophie

Understanding how important it is that children read daily, some of our Year 6s have been selected to hear younger pupils read.

Practise makes perfect! Research shows that daily reading is critical to children’s development. Not only does it improve children’s language skills but it also encourages empathy, develops focus and teaches children about the world around them. In fact, studies show that reading for pleasure is more likely to determine whether a child does well at school than their social or economic background. With this in mind, Wray Common have developed a reading mentor scheme where children from Year 6 go in and read with younger children to help further develop their love of reading.

"I enjoy my job because I get to talk with younger children and I also help to sort out the library." – Jackson

"I enjoy the role of reading mentor because I LOVE reading with younger children. Sometimes however it is difficult to get them intrigued in different books. I overcome this by getting them hyped up about it before we get to the library." – Daisy

"My role is a reading mentor. I help children to read and try to help them to try and get the words right. I support and encourage children to read and I try to make them like reading. This is a very important job as reading will help them in their English lessons." – Iman