November18
By: Sally Page
This was posted on Facebook and I thought it was worth sharing. If everyone kept this in mind, all the time, the world would be a better place. Teachers – do share with your peer mentors, Buddies and Anti-Bullying Sub-Committees.
The girl you just called fat?… She is overdosing on diet pills.
The girl you just called ugly?… She spends hours putting makeup on hoping people will like her.
The boy you just tripped?… He is abused enough at home.
See that man with the ugly scars?… He fought for his country.
That boy you just made fun of for crying?… His mother is dying.
Relevant not only for Anti-Bullying Week, but every day of every week throughout the year.
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November10
By: Sally Page
Charlie Taylor is the Government’s Expert Advisor on behaviour in schools. He has recently published “Getting the simple things right: Charlie Taylor’s behaviour checklists”.
This report and the suggestions it contains are simple and very practical. It gives key principles for headteachers to help improve school behaviour and a behaviour checklist for teachers.
So, in addition to involving your School Council in the writing of your Behaviour Policy, have a look at Charlie Taylor’s suggestions, because they seem to be a very sensible path forward.
You can find the report here:
http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/c/charlie%20taylor%20checklist.pdf
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November10
By: Sally Page
We are pleased to say that after a review of our Membership price structure, we have reduced the majority of prices this year. Full details are below.
BRONZE MEMBERSHIP
What is included:
- Subscription to our termly school council magazine Voicebox
- 10% discount on resources
- Monthly school council email providing news, resources, tips and tricks on how to develop real, fun, whole-school pupil voice.
Cost:
Primary & Middle Schools: £40.00 + VAT pa / Secondary Schools: £45.00 + VAT pa
SILVER MEMBERSHIP
What is included:
- Subscription to our termly school council magazine Voicebox
- 15% discount on resources
- Monthly school council email providing news, resources, tips and tricks on how to develop real, fun, whole-school pupil voice.
- Welcome Pack, comprising:
- Meeting Sign
- School Council Secretary Pack (ring binder)
- 6 Handbooks
- Year Planner
- 6 Badges
- 6 School Council Pens
- Passworded & secure access to www.myschoolcouncil.org to enable you to create your own School Council website for your school. Features include:
- School Council & Individual user profiles
- Your own School Council message board
- Document & project sharing with everyone in your school
- Your own calendar of School Council events
- And much, much more!
Cost: Applies to Primary, Middle & Secondary (P&P £3.50)
| As real Pupil/Student Voice is something that needs to involve the whole school, every pupil should have access to your School Council website, so the pupil numbers here refer to the whole school roll. |
Up to 150 Pupils £75.00 plus VAT per year
151-300 Pupils £150.00 plus VAT per year
301-500 Pupils £200.00 plus VAT per year
501-1100 Pupils £275.00 plus VAT per year
1101+ Pupils £350.00 plus VAT per year
GOLD MEMBERSHIP
The premier choice! Includes everything from the Silver Membership, plus an individual, in-school audit on your Pupil Voice and Student Democracy policies and action. Please contact us for more information and costs as these are calculated on a school by school basis.
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
We know that your resource requirements may not slot neatly into a Primary or Secondary category. If you able to, please choose the category that best fits your requirements. If not, please do call us on 0845 456 9428 to have a chat about how we can mix and match our resources to assist you and your students and give you best value possible from your Membership. |
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Memberships run for 12 months from the date of invoice and are automatically renewed unless cancellation is made in writing a minimum of one month prior to the end of the Membership period. |
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September16
By: Sally Page
Great news for larger schools!
For 2011/12 we have lowered the cost of Silver Membership for schools with over 300 pupils on roll. With all the benefits that come with the Silver Membership, we hope this will encourage a higher Secondary membership of our Network.
Silver Membership includes the following benefits:
- 15% discounts on SCUK resources
- Subscription to our termly Member magazine “Voicebox” – now sent by email link so you can download and print as many copies as you wish
- Monthly Member email with ideas, info and news
- Secure and passworded access to www.myschoolcouncil.org to enable you to create your own School Council website on our Member hub
- Welcome pack of resources worth around £50.00
Click on the link to our online shop to buy and sign up today!
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Yesterday we attended the 5-12 Year Olds Children’s Forum run by the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham to talk about SCUK and to spend a couple of hours working with the children who attended to help them improve upon their School Councillor Skills.
What a fantastic morning! The children were brilliant, they engaged with us and thoroughly enjoyed their training. Mr Terry Purcell, the Pastoral Support Leader who accompanied the students from Marsh Green Primary School has already said
“ The students had a wonderful time and I feel that it was the most beneficial forum we have been to.”
The session was for two hours and we packed a lot into that time! The students covered Basic School Council Skills, Communication and Decision Making as well as having time for some games that actively demonstrated and reinforced the subjects covered. Each student went back to their school with a booklet to finish completing with the rest of their School Council and a new pen, and each accompanying teacher took a sample copy of our brand new Primary Handbook.
Thank you to Sem for leading the training with the students and to Kevin Donovan for inviting us.
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