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Fantastic school council meeting in Krnov

A great school council meeting from Krnow in the Czech Republic with games, action and decision-making.

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Czech school council tour

We’re visiting school councils right across the Czech Republic this week, we’ll be updating the blog daily to let you know how student voice works here.

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Getting class council meetings to work

A template that gives your class representatives the confidence to feedback to their class and a structure for bringing in new ideas and opinions.

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Student voice ideas and projects

A huge list of student voice ideas and projects provided by teachers and headteachers at a course involver ran for ASCL in October 2012.

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‘It didn’t do me any harm….’ But do we hear from those it did?

Far too often, politicians and commentators are guilty of an over-reliance on their own experience of school. It’s the whole ‘I did XYZ assessment/exam, and IT DIDN’T DO ME ANY HARM’.

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School councils in Poland

Every school in Poland has a school council so what can we learn from them and are they effective?

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Social housing provider? Want to engage young people? Take a look!

We’ve just finished a youth engagement good practice guide for social housing providers. Take a look!

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School council and student voice case study: Barming Primary

Barming Primary School in Kent tell us about how their school council and class councils help everyone to get involved in school improvement.

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School council and student voice case study: Woodhouse College

A student voice case study from Woodhouse College showing how their students can influence the core work of the college in an effective way.

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School council and student voice case study: Wildern School

Wildern School in Southampton approaches student voice through UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools model. It’s a great example of how this approach can achieve whole-school improvements.

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School council and student voice case study: Reddish Vale Technology College

Here’ s Reddish Vale Technology College’s student voice case study, focusing on the ethos of the co-operative movement.

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School council and student voice case study: Lark Rise Academy

Another great case study from Lark Rise Academy, who use POW WOW sessions to get everyone involved in school decision making. Inspiring!

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Newsletter 12: Žákovské parlamenty, free school council posters & our School Council Masterclass

This month’s newsletter covers our recent trip to train school council teachers from the Czech Republic, some school council training in London and a free poster.

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Czech teachers telling us about their school councils

Here’s a few presentations from teachers telling us about their school councils.

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School councils in the Czech Republic

A summary of our recent trip to work with school council coordinators in Prague, Czech Republic.

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School council and student voice case study: St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School

A great school council/student voice case study from an inspiring primary school in the West Midlands.Their Friday Forums help every child in the school to get involved in improving the school.

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School council and student voice case study: Little Heath School

One of involver’s favourite schools tells us how student voice works for them. They run an amazing student voice conference every year, which helps them to include a lot of people and get a lot done. Great stuff!

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School council and student voice case study: Wroxham School

An amazing case study on achieving whole-school and inclusive student voice in a primary school. It’s from the research project that we did for the did for the Children’s Commissioner.

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Free school council networking in London

Very often there’s just one member of staff in each school with responsibility for student voice and the school council (ideally it should be part of everyone’s role) so it can feel like you’re a bit unsupported. We’d like to set up some regular free events around London to get school council co-ordinators together to [...]

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Newsletter 10: How do you ‘do’ student voice? Here are some of our ideas

A new book, a whole load of free resources and Greg looking lost in Ireland.

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