The school recently had its Investing in Children membership renewed after impressing during a visit which saw project worker Chloe Brown meet the pupils. She was also given a tour of the school.
She said: “Throughout my visits to Cockfield Primary School I saw many examples of all the children having opportunities to have discussions and things being changed because of this, both small and big.”
She added that since her last evaluation, the pupils had won a £10,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund to buy more outdoor equipment and had come up with creative ideas to raise cash for charity.
Ms Brown said: “In March the school held a day to raise money for Book Aid International and also help the school buy more books. The children helped plan the activities of the day and decided to ask everyone to dress up as their favourite book character for a small donation, held a raffle, tombola, guess the name of the dog, guess how many sweets are in a jar and held a second hand book stall.
“The children decided the prices of activities and set up and ran all the stalls. Everyone from the local community was then invited to the event and in total they raised over £400.” Another initiative that impressed her saw the children starting a gardening club with the school caretaker after noticing that their allotment was overgrown.
The pupils also developed and ran an outdoor classroom which they use during break time and lunch time.
Ms Brown said: “The outdoor classroom can be used for activities such as reading, arts and crafts, and air hockey.
“The children told me to make it fair and to give everyone a chance to use this space. Children can use it for a maximum of 15 minutes and use the air hockey table for five minutes.
“The children have also worked together to create some ground-rules and create a feedback wall so they can continue to develop this space.”
Class three is creating a Little Red Wood wooded area in the school grounds with trees donated by the Woodland Trust, while one of the pupils is looking at running educational games to make playtime more fun after noticing lots of children standing talking during breaktime.
Other events led by children in the school are a “Fiver Business Challenge” – a programme to raise awareness about online safety.
They are also building relationships with a school in Bangladesh and working
with the village’s parish council.
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