Posts Tagged ‘student voice’

January4

Happy New Year

By: Sally Page

Welcome back to a new term and a brand new year!  We hope you all had a relaxing and refreshing break and have returned bursting with brilliant ideas for Pupil/Student Voice in your school!

We love to hear what you and your School Council are doing.

  • Have you put a particular project in place?
  • Have you raised money to improve your school?
  • Have you set up a new sub-committee or group to help with well-being? For example, Buddies or Peer Mentors.
  • Have you worked hard to change the school environment?
  • Did you do something special before Christmas to improve Community Cohesion?
  • Have you started a School Council Enterprise Scheme?

Whatever you are doing, you can be sure that other School Councils would find it interesting and inspiring.  We are often asked what other School Councils are doing, so that new ideas can be formed.

If you would like to let us know, then please do write an article of about 500 words and send it to us, together with some photos, and we’ll send it round to about 30,000 school contacts in one of our e-newsletters.  There’s an added benefit too….. every School Council that has an article published will receive a £50 voucher to spend on our great resources!

What are you waiting for?  Get scribbling now and send it to me at sallypage@schoolcouncils.org

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November10

Membership Prices 2011/12

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.
  

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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March4

Who, What, Where, When, Why?

By: Sally Page

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

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September10

The Benefits of joining our Membership Network

By: Sally Page

Becoming a Member of the School Councils Membership Network brings you benefits.  Not least of these is additional support for you and your School Council.  Do take a look at the details and see how Membership could help with your Student Voice.

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