Pupil Voice & Leadership
Our pupils are regarded as being key stakeholders in our school community and to that end pupil voice and pupil leadership is actively encouraged and promoted at school level. The views and opinions of all pupils are valued within our school community. To this end, we subscribe to the 'Lundy Model of Child Participation' (2007). The Lundy Model provides a way of conceptualising a child's right to participation, as laid down in Article 12 of the 'UN Convention on the Rights of the Child'. The model has four distinct elements namely:
1. Space: Children must be given safe, inclusive opportunities to form and express their view;
2. Voice: Children must be facilitated to express their view;
3. Audience: The view must be listened to;
4. Influence: The view must be acted on, as appropriate.
The Lundy Model underpins and shapes all our pupil committees at school level, including our Student Council, Green Schools committee and Active Schools Committee.
1. Space: Children must be given safe, inclusive opportunities to form and express their view;
2. Voice: Children must be facilitated to express their view;
3. Audience: The view must be listened to;
4. Influence: The view must be acted on, as appropriate.
The Lundy Model underpins and shapes all our pupil committees at school level, including our Student Council, Green Schools committee and Active Schools Committee.
Our Student Council has been in place at school level since the school year 2021-2022. The Student Council is democratically elected, inclusive and representative of the pupil body. We strive to ensure that the council is a meaningful and visible presence in the school, a catalyst for change, with an active role in decision making and policy development.
Our Student Council has different roles and functions to include:
Our Student Council has different roles and functions to include:
- Serving as ambassadors for the school and the pupil population therein;
- Acting as the Amber Flag committee (AKA 'Wellbeing Warriors') for promoting positive mental health and wellbeing across the school;
- Organising and promoting different events, activities and experiences at school level across the year to coincide with Anti-Bullying Week, Safer Internet Day, World Book Day, Rainbow Day for Autism Awareness, Rock your Socks Day for Down Syndrome Awareness etc.
- Serving as a naturally formed focus group for policy review and development and for the 'Gathering Evidence' and 'Monitoring Actions and Evaluating the Impact' stages of the School Self-Evaluation (SSE) process.
Student Council 2026
Our Student Council providing updates at one of our 'Teacht le Chéiles' in Shanahoe Community Hall
Our Active Flag committee providing updates at one of our 'Teacht le Chéiles'
Green Schools updates at our 'Teacht le Chéile'
