Who:  Two representatives from the Sixth Form who attend all Full Governing Body Meetings in the school with the Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team and full complement of Governors.  They are also the leaders of the School Council.

Purpose:  To ensure that the Governing Body are fully informed of the learners perspective on any decisions that are made.

Achievements in 2018/19

• Supporting the discussion regarding the removal of the blazer from the uniform.
• Highlighting issues with Sixth Form Provision.
• Giving a perspective on how the school feels to learners.

Who:  Six learners from the Sixth Form who applied and successfully interviewed for the role who meet regularly with the Head Teacher and Head of Sixth Form.

Purpose:  To play an active role in the continuing improvement of the sixth form by ensuring that the views of learners are central to any decisions taken.

Achievements in 2018/19

• Developing the sixth form recruitment process
• Supporting the transition of learners from Key Stage 4 to Key Stage 5
• Improving the facilities provided for sixth form learners

Who:  The School council is split into year group council and whole school council. Two learners are nominated as form reps, these reps will then sit on the year council and meet termly with Pastoral Leader, feeding information to and from the form class.

 From the year council two learners are nominated to sit on the whole school council, these reps feed information back and forth to year council and whole concil.

Purpose:  To ensure learners have a voice that is valued and appreciated. All learners’ ideas can be put forward in an open forum for discussion. 

Achievements in 2018/19

• Year group specific discussions re. transition/ uniform
• Input into the decisions around extra-curricular activities/ trip

Who: 

Purpose:  Identify opportunities to improve the school environment and enable the school to operate sustainably. Implement any actions required to improve the school environment.

Achievements in 2018/19

• Produced a whole school audit and currently discussing actions required and the priorities for these actions.

Who:  A Young Ambassador is an outstanding and committed sports leader that takes on the additional responsibility of increasing participation, promoting PE and school sport and being a link between teachers and young people.

Purpose:

• Be the young person's voice for PE and School Sport.
• Promote the positive values of sport at Emrys ap Iwan and in the wider community.
• Be a role model and PE champion at all times.
• Increase participation opportunities and promote healthy lifestyles
• Participate in Engage clubs on a regular basis.
• Lead a warm up/cool down with lessons or during club.
• Be involved with sporting events within school sport.
• Manage and assist with the organising of sporting events in the PE calendar.

Achievements in 2018/19:

1. Sports ambassadors’ day at Nant BH. Outdoor Education day to understand their roles and responsibilities, as well as how to develop sport in the school community with Conwy PE and sports officers.
2. Successful meeting to highlight their peers views on curricular and extra-curricular provision, which feeds into the engage@emrys programme, self-evaluation and assist with curriculum mapping.

Who:  For learners from Year 9 who volunteered, and who were willing to be elected, were chosen to act as representatives for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Sally Holland, to promote young people’s rights and the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child.

Purpose:  Inform other learners in the school about the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and her work.

Make sure other pupils know about young people’s rights under the UNCRC.

Achievements in 2018/19

• Planned an assembly on their roles in the school (dates still to be finalised)