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Healthy School Food event (Wesminster Education Forum)

I went to this forum last week which was very interesting. A full transcript of all the sessions can be found under External Relations\Westminster Education Forum\Healthy School Food 250908 transcript (the password to access this is in brackets). However, in the meantime, there are a number of contacts that I think we need to follow up:

Merton Schools
Useful for case study or article about changes that can be made around food issues
Food for Life Partnership (Soil Association)
Emma Noble, Director wants to have a meeting to discuss further working
Great Grub Club
Website designed for 4-7 year olds

Olivia

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Charles Leadbeater: 21 Ideas for 21st Century Learning

Charles Leadbeater is doing lots of writing and talking about the future of education and learning int his country. He wrote a document, What’s Next? 21 Ideas for 21st Century Learning for the Innovation Unit summing up these views. If you’re interested in his vision, I’ve summarised the document below:

Despite substantial investment in education, attainment has stagnated. The overwhelming determinate of achieving qualifications remains the social class you are born into. Therefore something needs to change.

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Food Standards Agency – school council network

Has anyone heard about this? The Food Standards Agency has created a small network of school councils to hear the views of young people about food. Further details can be found here:

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Would it be useful for us to try and a) find out more and/or b) get involved in this?

Olivia

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Participation at post-16

This is really important:

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (National)

All colleges must consult their students: Rammell
All colleges will have a duty to consult students and employers when making decisions about the education they offer, Minister for Further Education Bill Rammell has announced.

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has published new guidance to all Further Education Institutions (FEIs) on consulting with potential and current students as well as employers about decisions that will affect them and their learning experience.

Full press release: here

The guidance can be found at:
a) Guidance for FEIs http://dius.ecgroup.net/files/98-08-FE_on.pdf
b) Guidance for LSC http://dius.ecgroup.net/files/97-08-FE_on.pdf

Asher

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Derbyshire New Model for School Councils

Pupils and Politics is a document from david Holmes at Derbyshire Healthy Schools which aims to change the structure of school councils across the county. The new model uses the language and structures of the English parliamentary system in an attempt to teach young people about English democracy as well as providing a workable school council. Within the cabinet there are people with responsibility for different departments which are the sub-committees.

More info is in this document: file:///S:/Training/LA%20&%20Other%20Consultancy/Local%20Authorities/A-E/Derbyshire/Pupils%20and%20Politics.pdf

If you are unable to access if from the above link, please email me and I will forward it to you.

Jess L (5/9/08)

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New Diplomas

From September thousands of schools will be offering the new Diplomas. I’ve written a summary of what they’re about. School Councils can fit with the PLTS element which is the personal, learning and thinking skills part. JL 20/8/08

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