Pokeno School

The School Council is made up of three student leadership positions.

1. Ambassadors

2. House Captains

3. Student Reps

Purpose

The purpose of the School Council is:

• To provide children with authentic contexts to build leadership capability;

• To provide a vehicle for students to have a ‘voice’ in their school;

• To support the achievement of the school vision.

The School Council will focus on four main areas:

• School - Collect student voice and lead school projects;

• Community - Identify and work on a community issue/project; 

• National - Research and support a national project or charity;

• International - Research and support an international project or charity.

Roles and Responsibilities

All Leaders

Regardless of their position within the council all students in a leadership position will consistently display the following qualities and meet the following expectations:

• Be a good role model and behave in a way that is consistent with the school values;
  
  

  • Manaakitanga,

  • Kotahitanga,

  • Ako,

  • Whakawhanake;

• Carry out any duties expected of them in relation to their position;

• Display behaviours consistent with the concept of Tuakana Teina;

• To give up some of their personal time;

• Attend all council meetings;

• Actively participate in council meetings;

• To actively engage in the activities, projects, and events organised by the School Council

Ambassadors 

Year 7 & 8 (4)

The following responsibilities are specific to the ambassadors:

• Welcoming visitors to the school, showing them around the school if required;

• Thanking guests/visitors at assemblies;

• Provide leadership in the four key focus areas for the School Council;

• Act as school representatives at community events where appropriate.

2024 AMBASSADORS (L-R) - Fletcher Smith, Lupeiala Poiala, Ava Houghton, Mila James

House Captains

Year 7 & 8 (8)

The following responsibilities are specific to the house captains:

• Provide leadership to their house during appropriate school/sports events;

• Organise house members for house competitions;

• Ensure all house members are treated fairly and are given equal opportunity to participate in house events.

2024 HOUSE CAPTAINS (Back L-R - Nicole Van Loggerenberg, Amrin van Wyk, Janelle Jacobs, Chelsea Karsten.  Front L-R - Eva Shaw, Ronaldo Taljaard, Ricklynn Lovo, Hinemoa Whiunui

Student Reps

Year 6 (4), Year 7 (4) & Year 8 (2)

The following responsibilities are specific to the student reps:

• To collect ideas and thoughts from classes in relation to the work of the School Council;

• To report back to the classes about the work of the School Council;

• To express the views of the classes to the School Council;

• To liaise with the teachers about appropriate times to meet with classes to discuss School Council business.

Qualities Required of School Leaders

To be a good school leader children will need to be:

• A good listener;

• A sensitive speaker;

• Trustworthy;

• Helpful;

• Committed;

• Reliable;

• Honest;

• A good role model;

• Able to work in a team;

• Ability to share good ideas;

• Ability to discuss and not argue;

• A willingness to develop skills such as confidence, communication, and negotiation.