Pupil Voice

At Larkhome, it is important that our children have a voice in how our school develops. Each year the children vote for their representatives to join the school council. The school council is led by Mrs Young and Eco Club is led by Mrs Sims who is supported by Mrs Atkinson (Chair of Governors).

We also have Head and Deputy Head Students who represent Larkholme at key events and house captains who help lead the house teams: Wyre, Boston, Marr and Hewitt.

Current Council Projects.

2025-2026

Our School Council did the Golden Ticket Raffle Draw last week. Winners have been sent a text about their treat- glow in the dark dodge ball!

A big thank you to Eco Club who led our assembly yesterday. They shared another of the Wild Tribe Heroes books.

We had a visit again from Ross, a local magistrate, who came to talk to our year 5 children about her job and the justice system.

The children took part in a cyber bullying mock trial and took on different roles including the prosecutor, the defence, the defendant and the victim. After listening to the evidence, the children discussed whether the victim was guilty or not guilty.

Ross then talked to the children about the importance of being kind to others online and when using social media.

Thank you Ross for an engaging and educational session!

Yesterday, our Head Students and Deputy Head Students were invited into the Council Chamber at Wyre Council as part of Local Democracy Week where the children were introduced to local government and democracy.

There was a mix of information, interaction, and activities. There was a new focus on climate change this year, and the children were given information about what the council is currently doing in this area. They found out about the Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan and took part in a hypothetical exercise where the children helped the council plan its next climate change project. They certainly gave the councillors lots to think about and made the voices of young people heard!

Our students behaved impeccably and were an absolute credit to Larkholme Primary School.

Yesterday, a team of representatives from Larkholme attended the Remembrance Service at the Cenotaph in Fleetwood. Despite it being a very wet morning the children represented our school with pride and respect.

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend.

Lest we forget

Our head and deputy students and prefects joined Tony at the Fylde Coast Veteran’s Garden today for their Remembrance service.

They will also be attending Fleetwood Cenotaph at the Memorial Park on Sunday and will be joining the parade at 10:30am.

We hope to see some of you there.

Lest we forget

Our Head Students visited the Pantry today to drop off our donations from our harvest festival.

A huge well done to some of the Y5 members of eco club who led today’s assembly. They shared the story of Sunny’s Blazing Battle, which have been donated by Fleetwood and Cleveleys Lion Club. We look forward to their next assembly.

It was the Year 5 Harvest Assembly for parents this morning. They performed brilliantly and we are all proud of them.

Thank you also to all the families that have donated food so we can support local food banks.

Today we had a visit from Councilor Karen Nicholson who came to open our new polytunnel. We were fortunate enough to have been awarded the money for our polytunnel from Fleetwood Town Council. Two of our Eco Club took Karen on a tour of our grounds as well.

Well done to the members of Eco Club who worked with the Fylde Coast Veterans today to tidy up and maintain our memorial garden. We weeded, planted bulbs and collected seeds. During the winter months we will be using our polytunnel to grow plants ready to plant out in the spring (hopefully from some of the seeds we collected today).

2024-2025

Thank you to everyone who attended the opening of our memorial garden dedicated to the 80th anniversary of VE day. Eco Club have worked hard to turn their idea into a beautiful reality and have been supported by the Fylde Coast Veterans.

Thank you to our lovely choir for singing for us tonight.

A huge thank you to Fylde Coast Veterans, Barton Grange, members of Fleetwood Town council, our parents and our wider community for all their help and support.

This is an area we want all children and visitors to enjoy and respect. Please remind children that this is a quiet area and is not for running around in at the start and at the end of the school day.

Well done to Eco Club on all their hard work- we are very proud of you.

Eco Club have been putting some ideas together for our Memorial Garden to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE day. They are really looking forward to meeting with the Veteran’s next week to finalise their ideas.

We would like to say a big thank you to Ian Thomlinson from the British Legion, who donated 2 silhouettes to us. We just need to spray paint them black.

A few members of our Eco Club were invited to go see the Veteran’s Garden today. We learnt how the Veteran’s had developed the plot of land and took lots of photos for inspiration. In a few weeks the children will be meeting again with Tony to start planning a memorial garden space at the front of school. We are really excited to be working with the Veteran’s group on this project for the 80th anniversary of VE day.

We look forward to sharing our progress.

Eco club would like to saw a big thank you to Tony and Eddie who showed us around today and for the lovely cakes!

Golden Ticket Award selected by the children.

Eco Club planting broad beans.

2023-2024

Thanks to the fantastic Larkholme PALS we are beginning to put together our outdoor reading/chill out café based on the children’s designs. More pictures to come as we develop this area further!

Today our Larkholme friends presented representatives from Kindness Counts with the proceeds from our recent non uniform day. The charity works alongside schools to encourage kindness and friendships. Our current group of year 6 Larkholme Friends will soon be handing over the reins and we will shortly be looking for some current Year 5’s who would be interested in being a Larkholme Friend next year.

Thank you to Kindness Counts for your continued support and we look forward to working with you on our new outdoor reading area.

Today Eco Club worked with our Chair of Governors (thank you Mrs Atkinson) to weed our big planters. Then they met with the Premises Committee and were able to ask the governors questions about the school. Including asking the governors to investigate about solar panels for the school and how our waste removal is managed!

Picture News Crew- Sign Language Assembly

A huge well done to our Eco Club who have earnt the Green Tree School Gold Award for Larkholme. They have planted trees, led assemblies, completed fund raising and raised awareness.

Thank you to everyone who donated a teddy for our Asthma UK teddy donation. Our Larkholme Friends made sure they were all handed over safely.

A big thank you to Eco Club who led our assembly yesterday and shared the story about The Man Who Planted Trees.

Our newly formed Picture News Crew met today to decide which assembly they would like to deliver to the whole school in a few weeks’ time. Lots of very in-depth discussions took place and there were some very persuasive arguments before the voting took place. Democracy and British Values in action! #picturenews

Today we had a visit from Darran, who works for WISE(Waste Investigations, Support & Enforcement), and on behalf of Wyre Council. First of all he went with Eco club on litter pick and we filled 4 bin bags worth of rubbish! He then led a whole school assembly and we discussed why littering is bad for the environment. He also made links to the rule of law explaining that littering is a criminal offence and fines can be more than £100. If it goes to court costs can be up to £2500! The children were very passionate talking about reducing the amount of litter in order to protect the environment and their future.

Thank you to Darran for his time and kind donation of extra litter pickers as well as to Eco Club for their work this afternoon.

We would like to say a big thank you to two of our Governors, Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Thwaites. They were interviewed by Eco Club, who wanted to learn more about how decisions were made in school and whether some of their ideas could be taken for future consideration.

Today our lovely head boy and head girl, delivered a Christmas hamper to the residents at Fleetwood Hall Care Home. We wish them all a very merry Christmas

A big thank you to everyone who was able to join us for the Lantern Parade on Saturday. We had a lovely time!

2H would also like to say a big thank you to Mr Binyon, who came in to talk about the work he does with HM Coastguard Fleetwood. He talked about how to stay safe around water and answered lots of questions!

Eco Club would like to say a huge thank you to Blackpool Explorers who have made and donated a selection of bird boxes for our outdoor area.

Today Eco Club went to The Mount in Fleetwood to help pant bulbs ready for spring. A huge thank you to Georgia for organising this event for us. Also a big thank you to Mark Bradley from Rossall who very kindly drove the minibus.

Larkholme friends introduced our new Kindness Trophy in our assembly today. This was kindly donated by Kindness Counts. Staff and pupils can nominate each other for acts of kindness. The class who has the most nominations at the end of the half term will win the trophy until the next count. Any nominations that really stand out will be then sent on to Kindness Counts themselves to go into a draw to win a prize or letter from the Mayor. Next time you’re in school, feel free to make a nomination using our big red post box and the slips sat on top.

Thank you to our amazing Larkholme Friends, and to Kindness Counts for all of their support!

Thank you to everyone who came dressed in their PJs today. We have raised over £250 for Children in Need.

A big thank you to the Rotary Club who gave the Eco Club a check for £50 to help them start a money making project. The Eco club used £20 to buy the ingredients needed to run a biscuit sale. Eco Club has raised £139, which is a brilliant start to our pond fund.

The Eco Club will be coming up with some new ideas very soon for their next money raising idea!

A big thank you to all the members of Eco Club for giving up their time this week for the sale and thank you to everyone who has supported them to raise some money.

A big thank you to our head boy and head girl for representing Larkholme at the Remembrance Day parade and placing our wreath at the Cenotaph.

We will remember them

Today, a group of our year 6 children led our remembrance assembly. They reminded us of the importance of taking time to reflect and to think of others, both past and present.

Our head boy and head girl will be attending the service on Sunday and will be laying our wreath at the cenotaph.

Throughout the day our pupils will be taking time to reflect on Remembrance day and what it means.

On the 11th May 2023, Year 2 each made a coronation stick in an Outdoor learning session with Miss Howell. They all participated in writing a letter congratulating King Charles on his coronation which we sent directly to Buckingham Palace. Yesterday, we received a response! The children in Year 2 couldn’t believe it! What an amazing piece of History for Larkholme to hold onto.

Today, Eco club led our assembly. They introduce themselves and explained the work they have been doing around school. They are asking for everyone to take part in Cut Your Carbon November #cutyourcarbon They are hoping that everyone will be able to try at least one of the challenges. At the end of November Eco Club will be completing a survey and collating our results to share with the Cut Your Carbon campaign.

Today Eco Club took part in a workshop delivered by Georgia from Wyre County Council. They spent the afternoon harvesting seeds from berries in order to plant our very own tree nursery. We have planted rowan, hawthorn, cherry, pear and blackcurrant seeds although we might have to wait a while as it can take up to 2 years for them to start growing! Hopefully, we will see signs of growth this spring.

Eco club would like to say a huge thank you to Georgia for a great afternoon!

Today, our Larkholme Friends were lucky enough to meet with ambassadors from the charity Kindness Counts. They have been extremely kind and donated a personalised buddy bench to school. We have also been gifted personalised t-shirts and badges for each of our Friends, so that other children can easily recognise them over lunches. Our Friends will be there to help other children who are feeling upset, have nobody to play with or to just have a chat! You may also notice a large post box has appeared outside the library, we will share further info on this soon!

To help raise funds for this amazing charity, we now have a collection box in the foyer for any old technology such as mobile phones that can be recycled. Kindness Counts also run their own events, such as a make a Christmas Card competition. Look out for further details on these.

We would like to express a huge thank you to all at Kindness Counts for helping us spread kindness at Larkholme!

The children in 3/4I made PowerPoints about their outdoor learning this term.

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Local Democracy Week 2023

Today, our Head Boy and Head Girl and our Y6 School Councillors were invited to be involved with Local Democracy Week 2023 at Wyre Council!

Brooklyn, Jessica, Ruben and Liam met with other children from other local schools and engaged in a variety of interaction and activities. They were involved in a vote and asked questions about what would happen if they was a draw. They also had a go at spending a budget – such important decisions were made, with very good reasons and arguments!

Today our head boy and head girl delivered all of the harvest donations to the Pantry and have received a lovely letter of thanks.

Eco club have had their first meeting and have chosen their actions for this term. They plan to work on making the school a greener place by making sure lights are turned off, blinds are opened and interviewing the Governors about bigger green school plans. They also decided to raise finds so we can have a wild life pond built!

2022-2023

June 2023- Year 6 created a maths workshop for Y1 and Y2 to attend

May 2023- Rota kids attended the Rotary Club Conference

April 2023- Donation from Asda towards our garden area

March 2023- Training with Cardinal Allen to create our own team of anti-bullying ambassadors

February 2023- The children made special blankets for the local retirement home

December 2022- Head Boy and Head Girl deliver Christmas Hampers to residents at two local care homes

December 2022- Taking part in the Festival of Lights

December 2022- School council raised money for our Christmas toy appeal by selling snowmen biscuits.

November 2022- Our Head Boy and Head Girl deliver the wreath to the cenotaph.

October 2022-Our playleaders have been trained and are ready to go

October 2022- Out harvest collection

September 2022- Votes have been held and our new School Council has been elected.

2021-2022

June 2022- the new playground equipment our school council ordered has arrived.

June 2022- Our school council represented Larkholme at the RotaKids Conference. Even giving a presentation to more than 100 people!

Our playground leaders are doing a brilliant job!

May 2022- the house captains and maths champions are keeping track of the winning team. The school council have also been planting the plants donated by the Rotary Club.