29 February 2008 The Government wants to unlock the talent of young leaders so that more young people are able to champion local and national issues and to become positive role models for their communities. Launching the vision today the Government is encouraging more young people to become leaders, and committing to help more young [...]
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Feb 29
By Staff Copy RECYCLING ideas have been top of the curriculum for pupils of Longman’s Hill Primary this week. Teachers and students at the Selby school have spent time researching and collecting data about recycling, and even making their own clothes from recycled materials before performing their own in-house fashion show.
Today’s Education Guardian has an article about www.usethekey.org.uk. Apparently it’s a portal to a team of researchers who can provide information on all things educational. They provide info about policy, good practice and by the sounds of it, are able to signpost people to supporting organisations. The portal has been set up by the TDA, [...]
Changes Will Reflect Need For Broader Communication Skills Speaking assessments for GCSE modern foreign languages will change to make them a more accurate reflection of pupils’ ability and their capacity to respond to real life situations, Schools Minister Jim Knight has announced. Link …bit more of a positive spin than reports over the weekend. Mark
Extended Schools
Feb 15
I went to the 4Children Extended schools conference in Bristol and although pretty dull with speaker following speaker in the morning and a rather uninspiring seminar in the afternoon, the information I gathered was very useful. Matt
Minister for Young People Kevin Brennan today committed a £31million funding boost over the next 3 years, through the Children, Young People and Families Grant Programme, benefiting nearly 100 third sector organisations. Full report here Mark.
Young people are constantly bombarded with junk food marketing. £480m is spent each year advertising products high in fat, salt and sugar on television alone. Mark
A fight for what is right
Feb 14
Tuesday February 5, 2008 The Guardian: The lives of young people in Britain are about to come under United Nations scrutiny, writes Anna Bawden Mark
Fones4Schools is a fun way to get your school involved in caring for the environment at the same time as raising extra cash, simply by collecting old, unwanted mobile phones. Mark
Technology and participation
Feb 13
I’m going to be facilitating this seminar, it looks pretty interesting: The Learner Voice and Technology workshop will be held on Tuesday 26th February at the Futurelab Offices in Bristol. http://www.futurelab.org.uk/about_us/contact_location The workshop aims to explore the potential of technology to engage learner voice in the primary, secondary and FE/HE sectors. We will take as [...]
BBC News: Pupil councils have had little impact on the running of most Welsh secondary schools, says inspection body Estyn. Mark
Teachers will find it easier to take pupils on school trips with more help and advice, less bureaucracy and quality badges for popular destinations, thanks to new guidance from the Department of Children, Schools and Families. The measure is included in the ‘Staying Safe’ Action Plan, launched today. Mark Full report here
VB: Discrimination
Feb 5
Now on VBlog earlier edit:
Now on VBlog. Earlier edit:
Children & Young People Now: 30 January 2008 A group of 15- to 21-year-olds is setting up a social enterprise that will advise public services and businesses on engaging with young people, after taking part in a New Deal for Communities scheme. The 10 young people decided to form the Disc Agency, which opens for [...]
This is great! I was happily working away when a reminder came to my email from netsuite to “call LA to follow up”. Great I thought until I realised that this was a crap note as I didn’t know who the LA was or what it was following up on. I then got shown how [...]
VB: bog standard
Feb 1
The following are emails that are sent to the Bog Standard campaign.
