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We’ve got a big idea and need your help We’re planning to create a powerful new website to turn your school council smart. + Without any paperwork, it will make it easy to involve all your students in whole-school discussions and decisions. This is not a survey, which has little educational value. + The website […]
Every journey has a beginning and an end. I have come to the end of my journey has a young trainee in smart school’s council. It has been a good journey with unexpected lessons that I have learned. Lessons that I will take on my next journey. It began in September where we often go […]
I’m Franzi Deuschle from Germany and I’m the new Trainee at Smart School Councils Community. I’m 23 years old and currently studying at the University of Tuebingen to become a teacher of History, English and Politics which basically includes citizenship education. Democracy is really precious and we should do all we can to keep it […]
The purpose of the model is to get every student in school actively involved in the school council. That’s what makes it ‘smart’. It consists of three main elements …
During these five months, I participated in 30 school council sessions in schools mostly around London. We went to school in North, East and West London to show them a way of making their school councils Smarter. We did this by showing a model that would make School Councils student led while being totally inclusive, […]
As Young Trainees for Smart School Councils Community we have come so far since our start in September last year. At the start, I was terrified of taking an icebreaker with a group of children. After a few months, and in my last session at Isleworth Town Primary, I led two sessions myself – with thirty children in […]
The newsletter will be central to ensuring everyone knows what’s going on. When I was at school I started and wrote a newsletter that (if I do say so myself) people really looked forward to getting every two weeks. Here are some things I learnt from doing it: Have a format and stick to it: […]
Samantha asked us: “Hello Everyone! I am the School Council Journalist, so please may I have some advice about my role?” In your role as a journalist we think there are a number of things you should be thinking about what will make your colleagues at school want to read about what other students are […]