The Compass Council have been meeting throughout the year, with both Willow Dene and Rowan Wood being represented alongside other schools within the Trust. In the autumn term, our council representatives were given a brief relating to online safety content to be shared on all Trust school websites and then set some time to research a variety of websites. Their task was to make decisions on which websites should be shared more widely for both children and young people, as well as parents and carers.

Miracle represented Willow Dene and identified three websites which she felt 'gave good information to help everyone to stay safe online'. These were: Uk Safer Internet, Keeping Children Safe Online: NSPCC, Cool.org

Rowan Wood was represented by Suleyman who thoroughly researched one website in particular, Get Safe Online, sharing useful information as to why this website should not be included on the school websites to promote online safety. Suleyman felt the website he explored included 'too much writing, that it all looked the same and that there was no animation to interest the audience.'

Following this meeting, representatives will take the website shortlist to their school council and bring their outcomes to the next Compass Council meeting, where results will be tallied and a website agreed.

Online Safety Shortlist

• UK Safer Internet • Keeping Children Safe Online: NSPCC • Be Internet Awesome

In the Spring term, the representatives were asked to reflect and feedback on two things that the schools are doing well to support children’s wellbeing and 1 thing for us to focus on further. Our Rowan Wood representative shared that adults help with learning and make every child understand and realise how special they are. Our Willow Dene representative, Miracle, shared that music and parents being able to come in when they were scared/worried were two good things in place to support children and young people’s wellbeing. She also said that she would love more singing opportunities. The meeting then moved on to what the school council will be focusing on for the rest of the academic year. Willow Dene's focus for the remainder of the academic year will be focusing on bus to class transitions, activities on offer at playtimes, access to learning via technologies and enrichment opportunities for the goats! Our representative from Rowan Wood voiced that as the schools grows and has their own school council, he would like the focus to be on what animals we may be able to have at Rowan Wood’s site!