Just saw this, which mentions us, which is nice.
Apparently it was written by a “Stroud News and Journal Reporter”, but there are a few tiny clues that it might actually just be a press release cut and psted onto their website….
Not only have them managed to leave in the ‘Notes to the Editor’ and contact [...]
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Mark
TEENAGERS got to see South Shields MP and foreign secretary David Miliband at his place of work.
A group of nine Mortimer Community College students visited the House of Commons in a recent trip to the capital. Link
Mark
VB: hi voicebox primary
Jan 25
On VBlog
Earlier edit:
James Gillespies High School
Jan 25
The James Gillespies High School School Council is a parent-led organisation….
Mark
CHILDREN from Irthlingborough Junior School are to be among the first to receive a gold award for their democratic efforts. Link
Mark
…. Inspectors were particularly impressed by the pupils’ participation in the school council to undertake community projects such as the Robotics Challenge and represent the school during musical performances. Link.
Mark
Less than two years after facing a possible reduction in pupil numbers, Eastington Primary School is looking forward to a near £800,000 expansion …
Pupils, and especially the school council, had a “huge input” into the planned development and Mr Strang said: “They’ve even had three or four breakfast meetings with the staff in preparation.”
"Democracy sucks!!"
Jan 24
One school council blog
Another here
A STUDENT from Bolton has met Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street.
Aziz Mulla, aged 15, who is headboy at St James’ CofE School in Farnworth, was a guest at a reception hosted by Mr Brown to celebrate the work of young people in helping others.
“I was very impressed to hear about the work [...]
YOUNGSTERS are riding on the crest of a wave after learning they will experience life as a pirate.
VB: Gold medal for health!
Jan 24
ROYDS Hall High School has been awarded the Kirklees Healthy School Standard Gold award.
Suzy Rhodes, the Primary Care Trust’s Healthy Schools Co-ordinator, said that Royds Hall High School has an active school council which helps get the message across and that it has carried out improvements to school lunches.
Member of the school council, Matt Caine, aged 14, who helped to voice pupils’ opinions to developers, said: “We are really pleased with the design. It looks great for what we want and need to get the most out of the school.
“We are excited that we’ll still be able to use the facilities here when [...]
VB: St Benedict's School
Jan 24
Possible article from students (to follow?).
Mark
From 2011, every 11 to 14-year-old will be given hands-on cooking lessons in how to make cheap, healthy dishes from simple, fresh ingredients, Ed Balls announced today (22 Jan 08).
“That is why we are also asking people to e-mail in to getcooking.consultation@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk with suggestions for simply healthy recipes which young people could learn.”
Full report here
Mark.
Citizenship Survey
Jan 17
There’s some really interesting stuff in this.
Amongst many other things it looks at how much influence people believe they can have on their locality and Great Britain, what they believe to be important British values, how discriminated against people feel and how much they mix with other ethnicities.
Some facts that I thought were interesting is [...]
Strong Schools and colleges urged to share their formula for success with weaker schools (dcsf news)
Jan 15
The strongest schools and colleges in the country are being urged to export their formula for success and collaborate with weaker schools to bring standards up to the levels of the best.
Schools Minister Andrew Adonis launched a prospectus today …..
The Government is providing up to £300,000 set-up funding for high achieving schools that sponsor less [...]
Teachers pay (dcsf news)
Jan 15
Children, Schools and Families Secretary, Ed Balls, today announced that he accepts the three-year pay recommendations of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) for a 2.45 per cent pay rise for teachers from September 2008, with additional increases for some London teachers, and increases of 2.3 per cent per year from 2009 and 2010.
The principal [...]
