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National Curriculum consultation response

Involver’s response to the National Curriculum consultation. We argue for stronger Citizenship with skills and active citizenship alongside knowledge.

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Student voice in your SOLE

Sugatra Mitra’s SOLE project is an exciting one for learning in all kinds of ways, here’s how you could use it for student voice.

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Citizenship stays but it needs to be active

That Citizenship stays in the National Curriculum is very important, but it needs to see that active citizenship is far more than volunteering.

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Schools should humiliate kids more

When people say they want more competition in schools what do they really mean? Are there really schools that don’t celebrate success? Or is this just half of it?

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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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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: 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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Pupil voice is needed for Haringey school improvement

Haringey’s recently announced commission, Outstanding for All, neglects to engage with the people at the heart of the debate, the students.

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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: Westfield Community School

Westfield tells us about the importance of regular and inclusive class councils, driving the influential school council. As school council case studies go, it’s a good one!

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School council and student voice case study: New Line Learning Academy

A great student voice case study where learners are placed at the heart of the curriculum. Student voice focuses around the design team who help to design all aspects of the school.

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‘How to’ guide on student voice

Here’s the first part of our findings from a brilliant research project that we worked on for the Children’s Commissioner. It’s all about best practice in student voice, and here’s a short ‘How to’ guide with as much advice as we could possibly fit onto two pages. Feel free to download and share. You can [...]

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New addition to the involver team:

Nice, huh?  

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Newsletter 9: Weddings, MPs and Smart School Councils

Hello from involver – newsletter number 9 Sorry there was no newsletter last month but we got a bit distracted by Asher’s wedding. We promise it won’t happen again (at least until Greg gets married). Resource: Get a politician in to your school This free resource from the Hansard Society shows you how to get [...]

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How running a school like a factory can improve student voice

Can the principles of running effective factories be applied to schools and actually create more creativity and enhance student voice? At Matthew Moss High School in Rochdale they think so.

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Strengthen Citizenship in the National Curriculum – a personal response

So today is the last day to respond to the National Curriculum Review Consultation. involver’s primary interest in this is the threat to Citizenship. To this end we’ve been founding members of Democratic Life and I’ve just used their excellent form to submit a personal response to the consultation (we’re submitting an organisational one too). [...]

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How can you encourage more people to get involved in your Student Voice?

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 [...]

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Making a great student voice conference even better – part 2

This is part two of a blog on Little Heath’s Student Voice conference. You can read the first part here. This concentrated on the older students who were organising the conference, and the adults that supported them. This second part will look at the experience of some of the younger pupils who are more recently [...]

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