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Fancy a one-day CPD course which helps you to support your school council? If you find yourself leading your school council instead of supporting, or need some tips on how to support your students then we’ve got just the day for you. It’s our Smart School Council Masterclass course and there’s a day for primary […]
Last week I was in Lahore, Pakistan, talking to teachers there about what makes a school council smart. It was an event organised by the British Council and the Citizenship Foundation as part of the Connecting Classrooms initiative focusing on how citizenship education can be improved. This conference concentrated on how school councils (known as […]
Here are a few ideas and tips that will help you with your application to the Speaker’s School Council Awards 2014. With the launch of the 2014 Speaker’s School Council Awards, it’s a very exciting time for school councils. Our partners, involver, were involved in helping Parliament’s Education Service to set up the Awards, so […]
How can students run a clear, creative and engaging CPD session for staff? Not all teachers are convinced about the value of school councils and student voice. Sometimes they need a helping hand to see why it is important, and a very powerful way to do this is simply to encourage students to run […]
[slideshow alias=””] These adventurous buccaneers were supported by a bunch of fantastic young volunteers who have been planning the extravaganza for months. All their hard work paid off as we had the most fantastic school council training day ever. We wanted to show you a few of the pictures of all the fun they created. […]
Improving Northampton Academy using Open Space This week, I went to my second training session at Northampton Academy with Asher and Greg. It was an enjoyable day, we were engaging with students from year 7 up to year 13. Throughout the day we were interacting with the students and playing a variety of games. We […]
Greg and I (Franklin) went to meet Hannah from Virgin in Paddington yesterday. It was a great and thoughtful day out, and meeting Hannah made it even better. We met with Hannah to discuss social media and she went more into depth about it which was terrific. I tried to prepare some hard questions for […]
Asher, Greg and I (Franklin) went on a training day to Norfolk working with the school councillors at Lynn Grove Secondary. It was a wonderful experience for me, it being my first training session with many more to come. We engaged with the councillors on how they want to better their school council and also […]
My name is Franklin Amadu also known as Franks and I have recently been employed as an apprentice at the Smart School Councils Community (SSCC). I am currently 17 years old with plenty of experience working with youths. The SSCC helps young people to have a say in their school through school councils. I would […]
When qualities are important when you’re a school councillor or a class representative? Being a school councillor isn’t easy sometimes. Especially if you’re not sure what you’re meant to be doing! This simple resource helps everyone who might be thinking about being a school councillor to think about the qualities and skills that you need. […]