Pupil Leadership Team

As part of our citizenship education, we believe that children need to experience duties and responsibilities that come with being a member of a community, in order to help them prepare to play an active role as citizens.
At Alexandra Primary School, we believe that team captains and the Rights Knights have a very important role to play in the day to day organisation of our school.

Team Captains

As only Year 6 pupils are allowed to apply to be a team captain, it is considered to be very important. The position not only allows the Year 6 pupils to lead by example and demonstrate their responsibility, it also enables the younger children to learn from model behaviour of their peers. Every team captain has to apply for their job and their applications go through a selection process. They are elected by the staff. 

Roles and Responsiblities

Team captains must lead by example at all times in their behaviour, the respect they show to others and their school uniform. They take on many roles and have many responsibilities, such as:

• Helping to set up events
• Helping at events
• Collating team points weekly
• Encouraging children to follow the values that we hold here at Alexandra
• Mentoring younger children

The Year 6 team captains for this year are:

Oak: Nicole and Isla

Maple: Nevaeh and Alfie

Willow: Ali and Max

Beech: Heidi and Elaha

Rights Knights

Our successful Rights Knights team is a vibrant and well-respected body within the school and consists of fifteen pupils who presented to their peers as to why they should represent their class. 

The Rights Knights actively promote pupil leadership opportunities, enabling the children to develop valuable communication, co-operation, organisational and debating skills, as well as developing a sense of responsibility. Children involved meet regularly to discuss topics, issues and initiatives that affect them and their learning environment, in relation to the Rights Respecting School initiative. As part of their responsibilities, the team organise their own meetings, decide on an agenda, share new ideas, lead projects agreed by the Senior Leadership Team and vote on a number of school-related issues. Actions from each meeting are shared with the rest of the school and feed directly into whole school actions. 

Last year, the Rights Knights chose a local charity for the school to support, held a non-uniform day to raise money for them, and presented the cheque directly to them.  The Rights Knights in KS2 also visited The Houses of Parliament.

The Rights Knights this school year are: 

Wellbeing Ambassadors

Our Year 6 Wellbeing Ambassadors work with our Wellbeing Lead, Mrs Jones, to promote wellbeing across the school. They attend the annual wellbeing conference along with other ambassadors from the borough.

Wellbeing Ambassadors in primary schools are trained student leaders who provide peer-to-peer support and promote a positive school culture by running well-being initiatives, reducing stigma, and encouraging conversations about mental health. They act as role models, developing leadership and communication skills, and help bridge the gap between students and staff. Key activities include organising campaigns, running friendship groups, and providing informal support to peers facing emotional challenges, ultimately aiming to increase resilience and a sense of belonging. 

Our Wellbeing Ambassadors are Peter D, Albert I, Clara W and Evie K.