All parents will get regular electronic reports on their children’s progress in future – going far beyond the traditional annual school report, Schools Minister Jim Knight announced this week. Opening BETT 2008, the world’s largest educational technology trade show, he said all secondary schools will be expected to have ‘real-time’ reporting systems up and running [...]
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I was just having a look on the TES’s forums and this issue seemed to be quite popular. Is it something we could produce a resource on? I’m sure it’s something teachers would really value. Maybe it would just be a short one that could be downloaded for free (if people give us their email [...]
Children are Unbeatable! Alliance campaigns for equal legal protection against violence for children. They are working on letting as many children and young people as possible know about many exciting new opportunities for children and young people to become involved in the campaign. Website: www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk/children Waiting for article from young person about the campaign. Mark
Some 2,600 schools in London are set to get e-safety software though the London Grid for Learning (ITPro reports). Online and computer safety software is set to help protect a million London students from inappropriate content and cyber-bullying. The London Grid for Learning (LGfL), a group of 33 local authorities which provides a common learning [...]
“Email is a great way to communicate with our stakeholders but too many charities are sending emails from their PC software or Webmail such as outlook and hotmail (writes CharityeMail). These emails lack design, personalisation and are liable to get blocked as spam as well as potentially breaching the Data Protection Act. This article explains [...]
So, I just got back from the BETT (British Education and Training Technology) Exhibition. It was crazy with 1000′s of exhibitors and 10,000′s of visitors. It was impossible to see everything, but I did chat to some interesting people with fascinating products. Everyone was ‘welcoming me to the future’ and telling me to ‘Make IT [...]
5 Year Vision
Jan 10
Jess and I had a meeting with Esmée Fairbairn this morning and they grilled us about our vision, i.e. where do we want to be in 5 years time? Whilst we have strategies and an overall vision for school councils, we need to have an organisational vision and interim points of reference. Olivia
The government has allocated another £1 billion to children, schools and families over the next three years. While the plan does not have direct impact on the rest of the UK it is likely that it will lead to pressure for action in similar areas in Wales, Scotland and N Ireland – not least in [...]
Article for VB – possibly write some advice in an email and put in a resource in VB just a few of the emails from students where they are asking for help: hi, i am on the year 9 council and also on the overall school council (there are only 10 of us on the [...]
a ‘v’ project: ‘vcashpoint’ is a funding initiative for young people who want to set up a voluntary project in their own community. By providing grants of up to 2500, vcashpoint can help young people turn their ideas for voluntary projects into reality… ____________ Mark
Lesley Chappell writes: My school won Highly Commended in the London Schools Environment Award. We collected our £1000 cheque and the trophy at a ceremony last Wednesday 4th July at City Hall from the Mayor Ken Livingstone. Members of the school council along with other pupils did the following to gain the award: … ____________________ [...]
From NCB Junior 8 is an opportunity for pupils in your school to deepen their understanding of world issues, share their views on issues affecting children and represent the UK on the world stage. Teams will compete nationally for the opportunity to represent the UK at the Junior 8 Summit in Japan in July 2008. [...]
From NCB London 23 January 2008 Leeds 4 March 2008 There are nearly 900,000 trustees of registered charities and nearly as many members of community groups. Only around 0.5 per cent of these are under 25 years old. We need to do more to ensure that young people are involved in the governance of both [...]
National Year of Reading
Jan 8
News item: 08 January 2008 Ed Balls joined the Prime Minister, children, writers, and reading champions at 10 Downing Street today to launch the National Year of Reading. He called for every employer, school, library, college and local authority to get involved and sign up to the National Year of Reading by logging on to [...]
Following on from last year’s fantastic event LEAP are delighted to announce that they are now accepting nominations for the National PeerLink Awards 2007. posted to website 9 Jan 08 _________ Mark
