(Photograph) - Pupils belonging to the school council at Oyster Park Infants School in Ferry Fryston in Yorkshire saw how the grown-ups do it at a council meeting at Wakefield County Hall on 21 April. The children's questions had impressed Wakefield District's Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor David Atkinson and Sheila Atkinson, when they visited the school, prompting an exchange visit. Oyster Park headteacher Jean Hirst said, 'The children elected ten class members to be on the school council, complete with a chair and secretary, as one of our targets for Wakefield Healthy Schools Project. It is proving very interesting and gives the children a voice in making decisions on such issues as playground equipment. The Mayor said, 'It was great meeting these young people. As young as they are, they take their new duties very seriously.'
(Photograph) - Pupils belonging to the school council at Oyster Park Infants School in Ferry Fryston in Yorkshire saw how the grown-ups do it at a council meeting at Wakefield County Hall on 21 April. The children's questions had impressed Wakefield District's Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor David Atkinson and Sheila Atkinson, when they visited the school, prompting an exchange visit. Oyster Park headteacher Jean Hirst said, 'The children elected ten class members to be on the school council, complete with a chair and secretary, as one of our targets for Wakefield Healthy Schools Project. It is proving very interesting and gives the children a voice in making decisions on such issues as playground equipment. The Mayor said, 'It was great meeting these young people. As young as they are, they take their new duties very seriously.'
