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Rubbish lessons please pupils

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.

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VB: School Council Movie gains Diana Award for Hawbush Primary School

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VB: Pupils see how democracy works

TEENAGERS got to see South Shields MP and foreign secretary David Miliband at his place of work. A group of nine Mortimer Community College students visited the House of Commons in a recent trip to the capital. Link Mark

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VB: Gold award for democratic work

CHILDREN from Irthlingborough Junior School are to be among the first to receive a gold award for their democratic efforts. Link Mark

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VB: £800K Revamp for under threat school

Less than two years after facing a possible reduction in pupil numbers, Eastington Primary School is looking forward to a near £800,000 expansion … Pupils, and especially the school council, had a “huge input” into the planned development and Mr Strang said: “They’ve even had three or four breakfast meetings with the staff in preparation.”

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VB: Student heads to Downing Street

A STUDENT from Bolton has met Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street. Aziz Mulla, aged 15, who is headboy at St James’ CofE School in Farnworth, was a guest at a reception hosted by Mr Brown to celebrate the work of young people in helping others. “I was very impressed to hear about [...]

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VB: Pupils to set sail on voyage of a lifetime

YOUNGSTERS are riding on the crest of a wave after learning they will experience life as a pirate.

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VB: Gold medal for health!

ROYDS Hall High School has been awarded the Kirklees Healthy School Standard Gold award. Suzy Rhodes, the Primary Care Trust’s Healthy Schools Co-ordinator, said that Royds Hall High School has an active school council which helps get the message across and that it has carried out improvements to school lunches.

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VB: State-of-the-art school for Nailsea

Member of the school council, Matt Caine, aged 14, who helped to voice pupils’ opinions to developers, said: “We are really pleased with the design. It looks great for what we want and need to get the most out of the school. “We are excited that we’ll still be able to use the facilities here [...]

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What's the point of this blog?

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 [...]

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