Student Voice
Stone Bay School has a thriving Student Council that meets on a termly basis. Student Councillors are nominated by their peers to share the ideas or concerns of their class and residential unit and to discuss activities or projects suggested by the School Leadership Team. Lively discussions take place during meetings and students vote as to whether they wish to proceed with the suggestions.
Visual resources and staff support is in place to enable all students to be actively involved, whatever their level of communication skills. Students are shown photographs of activities they may like to include on special days, as well as visuals to support decision making.
IMPACT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL
As a result of the Student Council discussions and decisions there have been a number of things put in place, for example:
- Whole school activities
- What resources to have in shared spaces
- Designing Crow's courtyard and the Upper school sensory garden
- Parent/Carer engagement
Broadstairs Youth Forum
As well as our Student Council in school, we also have a cohort of young people that are part of the Broadstairs Youth Forum, run by Broadstairs Town Council.
Young people from mainstream and SEN schools meet to discuss issues within the local area and make decisions on how the area can be improved. One of our students designed the logo for this forum!
