Golftyn Government 2023 – 2024
- We have had a great start to our new year with the Golftyn Government.
- RH has taken over the role from September while EB is on maternity leave.
- RH has completed a training session to help support Golftyn working towards the Silver Accreditation for the Right Respecting School Award through Unicef.
Prime Minister Election
- We started our year with elections, discussing the importance of each child having a vote and an opinion that matters.
- In each class, children who were interested in the role spoke to their peers about what they can bring to the role. The classes then voted for their Golftyn Government representatives.
- The Year 6 children worked very hard creating Manifestos stating their aims if they were to be elected.
- During a special assembly, the children presented their Manifestos to the whole school and the Chair of Connah’s Quay Town Council, Councillor Manship.
- The whole school, from Nursery to Year 6, voted for which person they wanted as their Prime Minister.
- This year, we used a Google Form to help with our continuing Eco-Schools work, and to make it simpler for younger children to place their vote.
- Lacey won the vote for Prime Minister and Leo-Ray was voted as the Vice Prime Minister.
- Congratulations to all the children involved. Their hard work really paid off!
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Representative |
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Prime Minister
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Lacie – Yr 6
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Vice Prime Minister
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Leo Ray – Yr 6
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Minister of Sustainability of the Planet
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Olivia – Yr 1 Lacie – Yr 6
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Minister of Buildings and Grounds
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Justas – Yr 4
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Minister of Parental Engagement
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Flynn – Yr 4
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Minister of Finance
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Zach – Yr 2
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Minister of the Curriculum
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Emilia – Yr 4
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Minister of Health and Wellbeing
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Cooper – Yr 2 Leo-Ray – Yr 6
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Minister of Fun
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Theo – Yr 3 James – Yr 1
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Minister of Helping Others
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Alex – Yr 6
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Minister of Equality
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Reuben – Yr 3
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| Minister of Languages | Isaac – Yr 6 |
| Minister of Technology | Bruce -Yr5 Caius-Lee – Yr6 |
The Golftyn Government are very pleased to have booked our Rights Respecting School Silver Accreditation appointment for the 16th April 2024. We will be meeting with an assessor online to show the fantastic work the children of Golftyn do to understand and promote their rights. |
- The Golftyn Government have been looking at the school evaluation in order to understand what is needed for the Rights Respecting Schools Award through Unicef.
- EB has done a lot of work preparing the award information.
- RH has booked the Award Accreditation meeting for April.
- The Golftyn Government will be working hard collating all the evidence needed.
Silver: Rights Aware is the second stage of the Rights Respecting Schools Award. It is granted by UNICEF UK to schools that show good progress towards embedding children’s rights in the school’s policy, practice and ethos, as outlined in the RRSA Strands and Outcomes.Click here to find out more |
Councillor Manship 
- We were thrilled to have Councillor Manship join us during our Manifesto assembly.
- He complimented the children on their work on democracy.
- He also presented our school with a Commemorative Plaque for King Charles Coronation.
- Councillor Manship joined us for our Golftyn Government meeting in October and discussed with the children the role he has within the local town council and what they would like to see improved in our area.
- Councillor Manship has invited the children to attend a mock community council meeting.
- RH is in discussion with his office to arrange this.
Remembrance Day
- The Golftyn Government were invited to join in the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph with other local schools.
- We received poppies and the Golftyn Government representatives from Year 4 to 6 took time to research the names of local soldiers.
- The children went to the service with NC and RH.
- They were able to find many of the names they had been researching on the Cenotaph.
- They laid their poppies and NC took part in a reading. The children were a credit to the school.
Christmas Choir
- As part of the Connah’s Quay Christmas celebrations, RH has liaised with Councillor Manship to involve Golftyn C.P. and the Golftyn Government in local events.
- Councillor Manship invited Golftyn to take part in the Christmas Fayre and Light Switch-On at Connah’s Quay Civic Hall.
- SP and RH created a choir to sing at the event alongside other local schools.
- Children from the Golftyn Government also asked that we run a stall at the event.
- The children took time out of their lunch breaks to create many craft items and JG and RH ran the stall at the event with help from the children.
- The choir also went carol singing in Morrisons and in total raised over £200 for the school.
Christmas Card Competition
- Councillor Manship also invited us to take part in the Christmas Card competition.
- Amelia, Year 6, was thrilled to be selected.
- We also took part in the Christmas card competition for Jack Sargeant, Member of the Senedd for Alyn & Deeside.
- Grace, Year 5, attended a presentation ceremony to celebrate.
- We really appreciate these connections with the local government.
Golftyn Goals Great Attitude Golftyn Goals Outstanding Behaviour Golftyn Goals Aim high Golftyn Goals Listening Golftyn Goals Showing Respect
The Golftyn Government have been working on a set of school rules from Nursery to Year 6. We have come up with 5 Golftyn Goals.
Our Golftyn Goals
Anti-Bullying Leaflet devised by Golftyn’s Government 2018 and Revised by Parent Council March 2019
Bullying!
We can help sort it!
Bwlio! Ga llwn helpu i didoli
A Parents’ guide
Canllaw Rhieni
By Golftyn’s Government 2018
Revised by Parent Council March 2019
| Useful Websites
Gwefannau defnyddiol To help your child there are useful websites that you can visit: |
Suggested discussion Points
Have you discussed with your child?
* What happened?
* When did it happen?
* Who was there?
* What did you say?
* Did you tell an adult in school?
What can I do if my child is the bully?
. Explain that their behaviour is making other children feel unhappy and upset.
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We say bullying is…
Rydym yn dweud fod bwlio yn…
1. What is bullying?
Beth ydy bwlio?
Bullying can be hard to define, but at Golftyn, we believe that bullying involves someone being harmful or unkind, on purpose, more than once and on separate occasions. Bullying doesn’t have to happen face to face, it can come in many different forms:
- Physical – pushing, kicking, hitting, pinching and other acts of violence or threats.
- Verbal – name calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, teasing.
- Emotional/psychological – humiliation, exclusion from friendship groups.
- Cyberbullying – text messaging, emails, social-networking sites.
You say bullying is…
Rydych chi yn dweud fod bwylio yn…
2. What could be the signs?
- Not wanting to go to school and making excuses.
- Change in behaviour/ personality e.g. being quiet, reserved, nervous or upset.
- Unexplained injuries e.g. bruises, cuts, grazes and scratches.
- Not doing as well with school work.
- Become aggressive during playtimes.
- Having nightmares.
- Loss of appetite.
3. What can I do now?
Gather information
- Reassure your child and encourage them to tell you what has happened.
- Record times, places, missing items, who was present and who was involved in the incident.
- Arrange an appointment with the class teacher and tell them what has happened.
- Ask for a copy of the school’s Anti-bullying policy.
- The teacher will talk to the bully and his/her behaviour will be dealt with.
- They will talk to anybody else who has seen what has happened.
4. If the problem hasn’t resolved
the next steps could be to:
1) Make an appointment to see the Assistant Headteacher.
2) Make an appointment to see the Headteacher.
3) Write a formal letter to the school’s Governing body.
“Everybody will work together to stop it happening again.”
Anti-bullying website links
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https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/curations/anti-bullying-week
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https://www.ditchthelabel.org/
This focus and anti-bullying comes from feedback from Parental Questionnaire March 2019 and Yr5 Pupil Questionnaire June 2019.