At Rooks Heath we value our learners as invested members of the school community. Our Student Voice structure aims to provide opportunities, via participation or representation, for their ideas and opinions to be heard and, where appropriate, considered by the leadership team when decisions are made.

In order to promote long term democratic engagement, and encourage active citizenship, our Student Voice structure allows for highly visible consultation that leads to tangible outcomes.

The aims of our Student Voice programme include:
•    sending a powerful message that young people of all ages are citizens too
•    recognising young people as major stakeholders in society with important contributions to make to their community
•    helping every child to fulfil their potential
•    establishing a more inclusive environment
•    improving behaviour, attendance and engagement in learning
•    facilitating students growth and development outside the formal curriculum
•    highlighting to young people how they can act as positive role models
•    helping young people prepare for the world of work

The Student Council is responsible for planning Culture Day; one of the highlights of the year. In 2024 we also celebrated the school’s 50^th anniversary and so Culture Day turned into a huge celebration of everything great about Rooks Heath. Students and staff came to school in their finest cultural clothing, representing countries and cultures from all over the world. After school we opened up the hall and E Block playground for music, activities and fashion. Students played games for prizes, and had the opportunity to throw wet sponges at their ‘favourite’ teachers (luckily, the weather was great!). People then moved inside for a concert of music, dance and the always popular fashion show. The pride our community takes in its togetherness, through its diversity, is one of the strength of Rooks Heath.

The Student Council is busy with the planning and preparation for this summers Culture Day, and we are hoping to make it bigger, and more colourful, than ever!

 

 

 

This year, the Student Council is working on a project to bring colour and joy to the school. They have launched a competition inviting all students to submit designs to be painted onto our new A Block playground shelters. Five designs will be chosen by a panel of Student Council judges, they will then be adapted into one continuous mural, and painted along the length of A Block. This is an opportunity to leave a lasting impact on the school environment and to improve our surroundings. We look forward to seeing the outcome of all that work!