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We met Temur from Georgia on a recent training session in Georgia. Here’s his first blog talking about his experience of school councils… Greetings! Hi, I am Temur Jvarsheishvili living in Georgia. Here I’m going to share you my ideas, feelings, thoughts regarding school councils, students and about school in general. Firstly, I would like to […]
Here’s Olly, our 18 year old Fundraising volunteer from QMU, with an opinion piece on mock elections… The Hansard Society, founded in 1944, was established to educate young people about the values and processes of democracy in the UK. They are currently well known for their work in organising and coordinating mock elections in schools. […]
Our Young Trainee, Emma Asante, takes a look inside the corridors of power at Westminster.. Hi! This is Emma. I was recently given the opportunity to take a peek inside what goes on inside parliament. The first day consisted of meeting John Bercow or Mr Speaker as he better known as in Parliament. It was […]
Here’s Young Trainee Margaret’s report on trip to the Speaker’s School Council awards ceremony. Speak, Listen, Communicate! On Tuesday 24th February 2015, Myself, Emma and Greg joined John Bercow at the Speaker’s Chambers at Parliament for the Speaker’s School Council Awards. To begin with we looked from the outside at […]
Here’s Gabbi’s last blog as one of our Young Leaders. Bye Gabbi! I am feeling sad as it is my last day as a young trainee with SSCC!!.. You can’t get rid of me so easily though, I am still going to be around working with SSCC, so you’ll hear from me very soon! The […]
Here’s Oliver Robinson, our new 19 year old volunteer from Queen Mary University talking about his experience of school councils…. When one hears the words ‘school councils’, the image springs to mind of minimal and tokenistic powers given to the teacher’s favourite kids and a lot of complaining about toilets and school meals. Nothing changes […]
Whatever your idea, you’ll need to tell people about it. You might need their help, their permission or just to get them excited about it. We call this ‘pitching’ your idea. You’re trying to present it in a way that the people you’re speaking to will like. This video gives you some tips on how to do that successfully.
Emma, Young Trainee, tells us about delivering training and overcoming nerves… Hi everyone! It’s me Emma. Long time no see. I would like to share with you my experience of delivering 4 school council training sessions over a two week period. I was quite nervous about doing this as this was my first time delivering […]
In January, we were very happy to take part in the judging of the Speaker’s School Council Awards 2015! Alongside students from Corelli College, the Speaker of the House, Valerie Vaz MP and Edge Watchorn, Greg helped to pick the winners from an amazing set of projects. After some very difficult decisions, the winners have […]