We’ve found some great resources for you, created a student voice audit tool and been doing some thinking about why democracy in schools is so important.
Posts Tagged Just for fun
You can narrow down this category by clicking on these tags:
14-19
achievement
action
agenda
attainment
behaviour
branding
Case study
chair
Citizenship
class council
college
communication
community cohesion
Competitions & awards
Conferences & events
DCSF
democracy
democratic
design
dius
ecm
effective
elections
empowerment
Enterprise
ethos
evaluation
event
feedback
food
fun
Funding
General education news
good practice
governors
graffiti
guidance
identity
International
interviews
investment
journalism
Just for fun
KS1 (P1-P2)
KS2 (P3-P4-P5-P6)
KS3 (P7-S1-S2)
KS4 (S3-S4)
KS5 (6th Form/S5-S6)
leadership
lesson observation
meetings
minutes
money/finance
NASUWT
New ideas
Newsletters
ofsted
online
parents
Participation
participatory budgeting
Partnerships
policy
project management
publicity
public speaking
pupil/student/learner voice
relationships
representatives
research
S1
S2)
S4)
S5
S6)
school/student/pupil council
School councils in the news
school councils uk
school improvement
sef
Session
SIP/SDP
speaking
speaking & listening
Staff
Stories
Strategy
Student (associate) Governors
survey
sustainability
tagline
teaching & learning
Teaching Unions
Technology
template
tips & tricks
training
Twitter
UN
unions
uploaded
urban
video
wholeschool
I’m a little bit excited today, well actually I have been all week, because tomorrow we’re off to a very swanky awards ceremony at the Hilton in Park Lane, where Greg has won an award!
So, we’ve both bought our outfits and arranged a very select group of colleagues and friends to join us (sorry if [...]
We’re starting up a friendly, monthly five-aside game in Old Street for anyone working in the youth and citizenship fields:
bit of fun, bit of sweat, bit of networking
Sustainable desks
Dec 18
So, I’ve just been in to Shoreditch to sign the contract for our new office space, well desks in an office. We’re going to be based at Sustain (www.wearesustain.com) which is an eco office space. We’re very happy about that as it fits in with the way we want to work.
If I’m honest we’re [...]
Scientists have warned of an impending economic catastrophe, warning that the UK is reaching a possible ‘Social Media Event Event Horizon’. More on this blog
mj
extract: “Environmental campaigners also supported the warning at the Conference, which was also liveblogged, Tweeted, streamed on YouTube and moblogged on Qik. Green Web activist Greena McGreen pointed out that the [...]
The future is here?
mj
According to an Associated Press story, a Tokyo woman is in jail today for logging on to a virtual world and deleting her virtual husband’s virtual identity.
The woman, a 43-year-old piano teacher, was evidently upset that her online companion in a virtual world called “Maple Story”
Read in the tabloids
Jul 14
A group calling itself the “Typo Eradication Advancement League” has set out on a year-long journey across America to combat irritating grammatical errors. The aim of Jeff Spokane and friends is to “make the US a safer place for spelling”. “We carry a supply of erasers, chalk, and white-out fluid and correct errors wherever we [...]
Worst headline of the week?
Jun 25
It Was Asbestos Times, It Was the Worst of Times
from Daily Grist 24 June 08: U.S. Supreme Court clears way for asbestos-company trial
MJ
Lynne Featherstone writes:
“Tap in and tap out: yes please
It’s one of the great successes of Transport for London. Yes – you heard right – TfL and the word ‘success’ in the same breath. I’m talking Oyster!
Now we tap in and tap out without a second thought. We nimbly flit from tube to bus – tap [...]
Admissions…
Mar 3
Heard on Radio4 (Boadcasting House) 2 Mar 08 by mj: Tomorrow is A Day. Admissions Day; the long-awaited morning when half a million fretful parents will learn whether their child has got into the secondary school of their choice. For months parents have being saying things ‘We’re hoping he’ll get into this [...]
Just saw this, which mentions us, which is nice.
Apparently it was written by a “Stroud News and Journal Reporter”, but there are a few tiny clues that it might actually just be a press release cut and psted onto their website….
Not only have them managed to leave in the ‘Notes to the Editor’ and contact [...]
Dutch department store
Mark
Well, I see it as a place where we can quickly note down our thoughts, experiences and links to news stories relating to education and participation. Primarily we are doing this for each other (and ourselves), but it may also be of interest to other people interested in school councils and School Councils UK. In [...]
