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• Ecoschools

• Health Promoting School

• Determined to Succeed

• Formal PSHE

• Global

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Committees for all
Pupils Pupil Councils have a Central Role
Partners Local Authority Health
Promotions Ecoschools Local Businesses Colleges
Universities Social work

Parents PTA/School Board Newsletters
Parents Evenings
Staff SMT Link Chairperson Link
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Common Factors for Health Promotion Eco DtS.
Action Plan
Eco Litter Recycling Environment Health
Health Promotion Healthy Eating Healthy
Environment Health Promotion
DtS develop enterprising attitudes and skills
through LT participate fully in enterprise
activities
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CITIZENSHIP
Pupils
Eco
Health
DtS
Global
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Pupil Involvement in Planning and Decision Making
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School Cooperative Learning Conference
Pupil Council Elections
School Plan
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Election process
Head Boy And Girl
Also elected by sixth year in houses
This Makes Up Our Pupil Council
House Captains
Elected by Pupils in House In same year
assisted by house captains

• Reps From Each Year

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Cooperative Learning Conference
Each House has its own conference

• discuss issues e.g. who would make a good leader

• involves all year groups

• vote for year group reps

• School Plan discussed

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Ice Breaker Find somebody who has changed
and ask them to sign the correct box.
It MUST be a different person each time.
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Starting with number 1 who is the person who
got up the latest and continuing in a clockwise
direction, share Your name Organisation Role What
are you going to do over the summer
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• Collect a piece of paper and pen
• Write under these headings
• A Leader
• Looks like Sounds like

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• Resource manager collect flip chart sized paper.
• List qualities important in a leader
• Scribe to write them down on the paper

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Role of Reps
Houses discuss points they wish to put forward to
teachers at monthly meetings
Teachers give Feedback
Reps Feedback to other pupils
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Issues for Reps
Feedback is VERY important
Sometimes need to chase up teachers
Having a VOICE within a STRUCTURE very important
Teachers role is very important ESPECIALLY
Head Teacher
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Benefits of being a Rep
Pupils are more involved
Pupils enjoy more responsibility
Pupils feel more respected
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Comments from a pupil point of view
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North Lanarkshire Pupil Council Conference
Benefits of the Conference
Makes you more comfortable meeting new people
Comments at conference go to North Lanarkshire
Reps feed back to school and pupil comments
affect the school plan
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Example of this in action
Pupils discussed a range of issues and took this
back to school
e.g. What do you think about Celebrating Success?
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What happens with this
This is passed to Senior Management for discussion
A recent example is Celebrating Success
Pupil response was not as expected
This will now be reviewed
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Think, Pair, Share
THINK---- of one recent initiative you have been
involved in
PAIR------Find a finger partner
SHARE--- this information
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To Summarise
We have a forum to be involved in decision making
and Planning
Our views are listened to
The school council is effective in decision making
We feel valued