At St Faith’s, our pupils are at the heart of all decision making. We want all children to have a voice and so it is vital that we listen to them. We are constantly looking at ways to develop our school and the children's involvement in this is key. Children regularly share ideas and opinions in class and through the School Council can have their ideas heard and shared. 

The School Council is created by children from years 1 to 6 putting themselves forward for nomination as their class representative on the council. Each nominee then prepares a speech on the qualities that would make them a good candidate. The class then votes for one pupil from their class to represent them. The second School Councillor from each class is then selected by the class teacher from those nominated.

2024- 2025:

This year, we wanted to create an Anti- Racism Charter. After reading read the 3 main principles in the Southwark Diocese Anti-Racism Charter, in our School Council meetings, we thought about what we already do in school to celebrate our differences. We then collected ideas and opinions of our peers about the importance of an Anti- Racism Charter and how it will help us. Here are some of the ideas we gathered:

How we celebrate differences at St Faith’s:

• Sharing our own views and opinions
• Listening to others’ views and opinions
• Playing altogether 
• Learning about other religions and cultures in RE
• Through our weekly PSHE lessons
• Celebrating Black History Month
• Star of the Week
• Odd Sock Day
• Learning about important celebrations in other religions
• Giving compliments
• Working in team

We thought about what an Ant- Racism Charter would mean for our St Faith’s School community and we decided:

• It will remind us that we are all different and this is what makes us special
• It will teach us to not tolerate racism
• It will help us to understand the responsibility we have if we witness racism
• It will help us to think about what Jesus would do and to always do the right thing
• It will teach us to be inclusive and know we can be friends no matter our race and culture

St Faith’s School Charter:

God began by making one man. From him came all different people who live everywhere in the world. Acts 17:26

1. In our school, everyone is welcomed and is celebrated.
2. Racism will not be tolerated and we know that if we see racism happening, we need to report it to an adult straight away.
3. In our school, we follow the Christian values of kindness, trust and courage and these underpin all that we do
4. We take time to understand and celebrate other people’s cultures and religions and take pride in our own culture.