SCUK E-Newsletter 13/06/11
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SCUK Online Shop
Visit our online shop for all your School Council Resources!
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From badges to handbooks, from pens to posters, you’ll find it all there. -
School Councils UK
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School Councils Foundation [reg. charity no. 1136207]
SCUK (2009) Ltd [co. reg. no. 6988275]
We are very exciting to have been able to add a new category to our online shop – FUNDRAISING. This category will feature products that your School Council can purchase in order to re-sell within the school (to students, staff, parents, etc). Not only will this encourage all those budding entrepreneurs, but will also help fund anything the School Council want to do.
The first of what we hope will be a wide variety of products has been uploaded today, so do click on the link and take a look! [Here is a sneak preview]
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We have two Twitter accounts:
SchCouncilForum : For School Councillors, Link Teachers and other interested parties, to pool ideas, news and chat.
SchoolCouncils : School councils turn pupil voice into action and schools into communities. We support pupils, staff and others to create effective, whole school, participation
We have been asked by the Head of Public Involvement at Ofsted, to request your participation in Ofsted’s consultation on the inspection of Maintained Schools and Academies from January 2012. The following link takes you to their web page which includes a link to the survey and a young people’s version of the consultation documents.
Please do take this chance to have your voices heard!
THE CLOSING DATE IS FRIDAY 20TH MAY!
Please either download the form, complete the information and fax it to us on 0845 456 9429 or email the info required to members@schoolcouncils.org . We will then set up your own Website within our Members Network Hub.
Welcome back to a new term! After so many Bank Holidays I don’t know if we feel rested, or just completely out of routine! In many ways it will be good for life to get back to normal.
To encourage your School Councils in the excellent work I know they do, we have a SPECIAL OFFER for you! Every order for resources over £50 (excluding VAT and P&P) will have a FREE primary or secondary DVD added to it. Just place your order as usual (by fax, phone or in our online shop) and your DVD will automatically be included.
The Primary DVD – “Safe and Sorted” presents the achievements of two primary schools in very different circumstances. It focuses on the involvement of all pupils in the council through class meetings.
The Secondary DVD – “Voices of Reason” presents the achievements of Lipson Community College, examining the effects of the School Council on pupils, staff, governors and the community. The TES descibes it as “a genuinely uplifting case study”.
This is a time-limited offer, so why not check your resources now and order whilst you can get this FREE offer!
I hope that everyone is enjoying a great Easter break. The sun is shining here and we have our summer clothes out of last year’s mothballs! The forecast is good for the bank holiday weekend, so time to relax and enjoy the warmth.
Whilst you are all on holiday and relaxing, we are still working away, coming up with new ideas and new resources to help you and your School Council!
We reviewed the badges we sell, and could find no reason why the metal enamelled School Council badges were only available in 3 colours, whilst the Year Council badges are available in 4 colours. In our experience, many schools have at least four Houses or Communities and often those groups are represented by Red, Blue, Green and Yellow. So…. we decided it was about time to add YELLOW SCHOOL COUNCIL ENAMELLED BADGES to our stock.
Do visit our shop by clicking on the link, or give us a call on 0845 456 9428 to place your order!
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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Who, What, Where, When, Why?
WHO? We are a team of people working to help schools run effective school councils, and also to promote the general well-being of children throughout the UK. We work within the wide area of Pupil/Student Voice, Citizenship, Young Leadership and Pupil/Student Democracy, which doesn’t just stop with School Councils, but we believe that School Councils are where it starts.
WHAT? We offer a wide range of resources to assist schools in running effective School Councils. We also offer Training, both for the School Council members and for school staff involved with their School Council. There are free resources available for download from this site, and more resources on sale in our online shop at www.schoolcouncilshop.org. We also have a network of Members who benefit from discounts in the shop, a monthly Members Email and at some levels, a set of free resources each year.
WHERE? We are based in Felixstowe on the East coast of England. We can almost see the North Sea from our windows and can certainly eat our sandwiches on the beach at lunchtime (if the sun is shining!). Felixstowe not only the home of SCUK, it is also the largest container port in the UK.
WHEN? We are generally in the office from Monday-Friday, 8.30am-5.00pm. However, our online shop is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
WHY? Why do we do this job? Because it’s great! We help students understand that their opinion is of value, that their voices should be heard, and that their suggestions have merit. We help them to learn how to communicate effectively with the adult world, and show them how to develop skills that will remain with them throughout their lives, all through the vehicle of their School Council.
School Councils UK, The Old Dairy, Victoria Street, Felixstowe, IP11 7EW
Email: sallypage@schoolcouncils.org
Tel: 0845 456 9428 Fax: 0845 456 9429
www.schoolcouncils.org www.schoolcouncilshop.org www.myschoolcouncil.org
