Hello everyone, Welcome back to school. Hope you all had a fun summer! To give you a quick idea of what we’ve been up to….. In between lovely holidays to Loch Ness, Aberdeen, Rugby and France, we’ve been doing lots of work on the Smart School Council Community, a charity we’re setting up and supporting. [...]
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Asher and I had a great day at Parliament last week. It was the Speaker’s School Council Awards Ceremony, that we’ve helped Parliament out on for the second year running. It’s been a brilliant project for us to work on.
This is a question that I am sure many schools struggle with, and I’d be lying if I said Little Heath hadn’t faced this problem over the years as well. The answer to this question can be the key to success in student voice. It might be that the attendance at your school council is [...]
Here’s Alison’s second blog, about the amazing Student Voice Conference at Little Heath! I’ve got a few videos from the day too, which I’ll upload soon. It’s been an exciting couple of weeks! Wednesday 2nd February was our annual Student Voice Conference at Little Heath. If I’m being honest I can’t believe it is over [...]
One of the main issues that many school councils face is that they don’t include enough students. This often leaves the rest of the school pretty uninterested in what the school council are doing. In trying to overcome this, here’s Asher giving a few ideas for you on how to think about the traditional school [...]
We’re a new (non-partisan) social enterprise trying to find our way in what seems like a very Big Society. Here’s some thoughts on our experience: Outlook The Big Society separates the third sector ‘moaners’ from the third sector optimists. It’s divided those who look back fondly on higher spending of the Labour government (who can’t quite come [...]
If you’re on Linked in (or is it Linkedin?), and you’re interested in school councils and student voice, then we’ve just set up a new group to connect people.
If you’re on there, and want to join, then visit http://lnkd.in/mpSBk8, or search for Student Voice and School Councils Education Network.
Our week with http://www.cedu.cz has got off to a great start with input from @citizenship @participationworks London Met and now Sem Simkins # I'm on my way home though before they get to meet the Tower Hamlets Young Mayors unfortunately as my daughter's got a temperature. # Greg & Kamila are at a secondary school's [...]
Interesting discussion with @DaleRockell and Philip Stanley about how we could collaborate on personal and social development in schools. # Reading the TES forums is scary. I really hope the blinkered, child-fearing/hating views are just people letting off steam. # Nice compliment for our website: http://bit.ly/6Xv2yH – how we've managed to build a useful site [...]
.@joehallforluton Good job, but what's really important to find out is how they're empowering the children NOT on the school council. # @luke_cb the participation you want has to have value to the participant in itself. No additional rewards, make the opportunity rewarding. in reply to luke_cb # @JoeHallforLuton Good methods of communication are key, [...]
Just been looking around at free/cheap small business CRM, not sure if we really need it, http://civicrm.org/ looks interesting though # RT @citizenship 'Political parties must clarify plans for Citizenship Education' @hansardsociety http://bit.ly/6YkxLu & http://bit.ly/7qd6MT # @grahamallcott count me in (Greg too probably) in reply to grahamallcott # @CompareCRM Right now, no. We are a [...]
@gavinthomson Thanks Gavin, looks interesting. in reply to gavinthomson # Speaking with the Speaker event RT @gavinthomson: @AsherJac http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2010/20100125t1830vOT.aspx # Locked out of the new office already,and it's only the second day! I thought working from home was unproductive. # Just bought @scyne a spill resistant keyboard. About a minute outside the shop I spilt [...]
@jonathan_mackin Better or worse than the book? Not made my mind up about it yet. #triffids in reply to jonathan_mackin # Was supposed to be at Villa with @grahamallcott and @chloedoherty but ended up spending 3 hrs on hard shoulder of the M6. Good company tho. # @damoward I use Twitter primarily for work and [...]
@jonathan_mackin Better or worse than the book? Not made my mind up about it yet. #triffids in reply to jonathan_mackin # Was supposed to be at Villa with @grahamallcott and @chloedoherty but ended up spending 3 hrs on hard shoulder of the M6. Good company tho. # @damoward I use Twitter primarily for work and [...]
RT @GrahamBM: A new programme for young innovators working in education – join the launch event 13th Jan 8-late… http://bit.ly/30u30party # @guyshearer Try Lazarus form recovery extension for Firefox. It has saved me from so much similar frustration. in reply to guyshearer # RT @Mark__C: RT @ahrenfelt: Solid list of WEB 2.0 tools to use [...]
@MickLandmann Yes, but I think that's the state of play at the moment: ethos of the school is the main barrier to greater participation. in reply to MickLandmann # RT @EstherNYA: Does your school have an interest or passion in student voice and youth leadership? Apply for the… http://bit.ly/6t1Mbx # #blowingowntrumpet Chuffed by more great [...]
I'm hosting film club tonight. Any seasonal recommendations for what I should show? # @jonathan_mackin @iusher @sparcd thanks very much for the suggestions guys, all great, on the list . Went with 'kiss kiss, bang bang'. in reply to jonathan_mackin # @daibarnes Will you be writing up the school council course? I'd love to have [...]
