Our Pupils

We have fantastic children at St. Francis who are keen to participate fully in the life of the school by taking on additional roles and responsibilities.

Faith Ambassadors

Our Faith Ambassadors aim to empower children and give a voice in what happens in and around their school. Children from Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 make up our Faith Ambassador team. The children meet regularly and discuss ways they can help improve the school for everybody. Discussions range from how we can stop bullying, what clubs the children would like, to how we can be more environmentally friendly as a whole school.

The children enjoy taking a leading role in responding to the demands of Catholic Social Teaching; being pro-active in finding ways of responding locally, nationally and globally.

Children are provided with the opportunity to apply to be a Faith Ambassador, they then support and assist staff in leading the Catholic Life, RE and Prayer and Liturgy of our school. It is expected that these children will provide a great example for the rest of the school, actively living out their faith by demonstrating the Gospel Virtues and British Values.

Some of the tasks that the children undertake are:

• Working collaboratively with others to prepare well-constructed experiences of prayer and liturgy.
• Monitoring classroom Prayer Areas.
• Monitoring, evaluating and updating resources.
• Assisting staff within assemblies.
• Contributing to our school’s evaluation of our Catholic Life and Mission; taking a lead in planning improvements to it.
• Meeting regularly to discuss Charitable Outreach, planning for opportunities to help others.
• Distributing donations to charity.

Year 6

The students in Year 6, as the oldest children in our school, take on extra responsibility during their final year at our school.

At the beginning of the school year, the Year 6 pupils apply for a role from a list of available jobs. These include: House Captains, Prefects, APT (Assembly Preparation Team), Play Leaders, Eco Warriors and Digital Leaders.

These roles are important roles within our school and through these roles the Year 6 pupils set good examples and are good role models for the younger children.