At Moulton Primary School we split ourselves into three families across school - Tull, Crick and Spencer. Each year group has one class per family. We enjoy and celebrate many successes across our families through weekly family assemblies and celebrations. Each family collects tokens and these are collected in once a week. At the end of each term the family with the most amount of tokens receives a family reward.
The names of the families are very unique to our school and link closely with Northamptonshire.
Young Leadership
At Moulton Primary, we recognise the importance of teaching children to become responsible, respectful and active citizens who are able to play their part and become actively involved in public life as adults.
We strive to provide opportunities for children to develop their character, to instil in them a set of positive personal traits, dispositions and virtues that inform their motivation and guides their conduct so that they reflect wisely, learn eagerly, behave with integrity and cooperate consistently well with others.
In order to achieve this, we offer a range of leadership roles to enable children to take an active part in the daily running of the school and to have their voice heard when considering how to improve children’s experience of school life. These positions are held in high regard by pupils, parents and staff.
Family Head and Prefect Team 2024-25
All members of Year 6 are invited to apply for the prestigious role of prefect at the start of the new year. The standard of applications is always high and the Senior Leadership Team spend a long time considering each application, consulting the Year 5 and 6 teachers to elect children into their roles. We think carefully about which role is most appropriate for each child and are confident that we have make a great choice. When considering applications, we look for letters that are written brilliantly, detail creative ideas for improving our school for all of the children and show a commitment to the development of our school.
Our expectations of the prefects are high; prefects set very high standards for themselves and expect others to follow. They are visible around school, wearing their lanyards so that they are easily identified by other children.
In addition to the Family Head role, our prefect team is split into three responsibilities – the library team, the EYFS team and the lunchtime team. We also have a Personal Assistant role for children who will support the Senior Leadership Team. Each role comes with significant responsibility focusing on the effective running of the school. Throughout the year, the prefect team will assist with various events. They will support at parent meetings and open evenings, meet visitors to the school, develop key areas of the school site, attend School Council meetings on behalf of their family as well as many other day-to-day duties.
School Council
A school council provides a meaningful way in which pupils can voice their opinions and have their views taken into account in decisions that impact upon them.
At Moulton Primary, our school council is a group of children that represents the views of all of our pupils. It gives our children the opportunity to have their voices heard and be part of the
whole school community. They help to makes decisions about school life and organise projects that support learning and development, such as organising charity events, theme days or representing the school at outside events.
We value the opinions of our pupils and our school council gives pupils a forum to share these opinions with our school council teacher representative, head teacher and other members of staff.
Who are the School Council representatives?
A new school council is elected each year and is made up of 1 representative from each class from Year 2 to Year 6. All school council representatives are elected by their peers at the beginning of each academic year. In order to stand for election, children have to write and present a speech to their class to persuade them that they are the best candidate to represent them.
How are the representatives elected?
Following the speeches by any child who would like to stand for election, there is a voting day in school. Each class visits the ballot box to cast their vote and have the voice heard. Once all of the votes are counted, the candidate with the most votes is announced as the representative for their class. This process ensures a fair and consistent process that introduces children to the British value of democracy.
Subject Ambassadors
Children in Year 6 have the opportunity to apply for the role of Subject Ambassador. This group of children have the responsibility of working with teachers to improve children’s experience of the non-core subject areas. They represent the voice of all of the children across school.
Subject Ambassadors are the link between their peers and the subject leader – passing on everyone’s views in the meetings. They participate in learning walks and contribute to the monitoring of work across school. This enables them to develop their understanding of how their subject is being taught throughout our school and therefore be able to make more informed contributions to the termly discussions.
Our Subject Ambassadors are chosen because of their passion for the curriculum area, as well as the effort they have put into the subject in lessons, recognised by their teachers.
Play Leaders
The aim of Playground Leaders is to introduce and develop leadership skills in Year 5 children by training them to organise activities for other children on the playground. The presence of Playground Leaders increases the amount of physical activity undertaken during playtime and reduces the amount of detrimental behaviour. These outcomes also have impact at whole school level school in terms of children’s behaviour both at lunchtime and in afternoon lessons. The training and opportunities given to the leaders is also proven to raise their own self-esteem and self-confidence.
Children who are interested in the role are asked to complete an application form. This process raises the profile and importance of the playground leaders and is an extremely valuable educational experience for all the children involved in the selection process. 
Whole School Awareness
We put aside time in whole school assembly to present the playground leaders with their role, and to also explain the scheme to all the children so they would know what was going to take place in the playground. In subsequent assemblies the children are told what games were going to be played and are given a brief explanation of the games. This has helped to clarify the expectations of involvement and behaviour to all the children.
Supporting Behaviour
Whilst the children are supporting on the playground, the play leaders have a very clear structure in terms of what to do when children are requiring support to demonstrate our valued behaviours. If they require assistance, there are lunchtime supervisors, teaching assistants and heads of year nearby to intervene.
