Student Councils from Six Schools Working Together

South East Cornwall Multi Academy Regional Trust

Mr Buckley CEO

SMART Student Council – Our first year

1. July 7th 2016 Logo – At Bodmin media suite

2. Nov 8th Vision – Primaries in Landulph and 11th– Secondaries in Saltash.net

3. Jan 16th Website – after a planning meeting on Dec 7th

4. Mar 30th Structures – discussing how we structure the council

5. July 7th Rewarding Leadership – deciding on the scheme

SMART Student Council – Our second year

6. Meeting 6 in Landulph on 9th September 2017 – Today !Leadership level 1 – what is it and how do you get it?

7. Meeting 7 will be on 5th December in SaltashFirst Badge wearers + Student Led building surveys

6. Meeting 8 will be on 2nd February in Trewidland School

7. Meeting 9 will be on 22nd March in Looe Community Academy

8. Meeting 10 will be on 25th May ??? In Liskeard (Dobwalls sports day?)

9. Meeting 11 will be on 6th July in Dobwalls school

What is happening today?Till 10:00 Ice breaker activities – Splat ?

20 mins Feedback from our last meeting

10 mins Buildings challenge

• Interview pupils in morning break

Starting our report to Governors

School tour, observation and collecting pictures

Till 1:00 Working packed lunch on return

Till 1:30 Final summary

Till 3:00 Minibus and Write up back at your school

Session 1 – Ice Breaker Games (5-10 mins)

• SPLAT

• Thumbs up

• Disney character headbands

• Mexican wave

• Alphabet zoo

• Chinese whispers

• Make a word

Session 2 – Getting into groups1. Each Primary – get into 2 groups: Group A and Group B

2. Each Secondary – get into 2 groups PLUS one Primary Helper

3. Work out what team you are in and say ‘Team 1 over here’ etc.

Team 1 = Landulph ‘A’ + Dobwalls ‘B’ + 1 Saltash Helper

Team 2 = Landulph ‘B’ + Trewidland ‘A’ + 1 Looe Helper

Team 3 = Dobwalls ‘A’ + Trewidland ‘B’ + 1 Liskeard Helper

Team 4 = Saltash ‘A’ + Liskeard ‘A’ + Looe ‘A’ group

Team 5 = Saltash ‘B’ + Liskeard ‘B’ + Looe ‘B’ group

Well done from last meeting

1. Form for leadership agreed.

2. Badge design agreed

3. All leaders to set up their leadership schemes in their schools

Feedback from each group – How did it go?

Are you ready to launch?

Capturing the best ideas from our first trials

• Does everyone have a place where people can get forms from?

• Did anyone set tasks for others and did they pass?

• Did anyone do a judging panel

Key question from last time not answered

• Should you get a certificate each time you pass a Level 1 task and then a badge when you can show 10? signed certificates ?

OR

• Does one task earn you a badge?

ALSO

• Can badges be un-earned or removed?

Monday 22nd January• Meet with your student councils first week back

• By then we will have….

Friday 2nd February• Our next meeting

• By then we will have….

Our challenge for today

By the end of our work today – we will have

•Agreed how the Student Council does its building survey each year.

If we work incredibly well then….

•Have a completed report for Saltash

Morning Break and Listening

• During the morning break…

• Stay with the Saltash partner at all times• Walk around the school and ask opinions of children about their school

• Which areas should be improved?

• Which areas are their favourite spaces?

• Make notes.

• If you need the toilet ask your team leader to take you there and help you get back.

Making a report for governors - How it works

1. Take photographs• NOT with people in them if possible

• Close enough to show details

• Delete any photo if asked to

• Take photos from different angles

2. Do research to see other spaces• Think of other spaces you like being in.

• What do good spaces have in common?

• Are there good spaces you like that are not in school but you feel the school could make something similar?

3. Agree best and worst• Show each photos to the team just

long enough to describe in a word.• Which caused the best feelings?• Which areas made you feel worse?• Do you agree on the best and worst

or are there interesting differences?

4. Do your report• Top three areas to change and why• Areas which are the best and why• Suggestions for improving the

worst areas to make them like the best ones

Doing this task

• How do you organise your team?

• What do you need each other to do?

• How will you do this in your own school

• What will remind you to keep going?

• Never be critical without a suggestion

The School Tour

• The leaders and student councillors from this school will each take a group and act as a guide.

• You will stay with your group and follow the tour of the school.

• You will stand for 5 -10 minutes in one lesson to see how the teacher is teaching the subject and compare it to how you are taught in your school

• Do not take photos or video in the classroom

Final summing up 1:00 pm until 1:30 pm

• Your group leader will ask if you would like to speak

• If nobody wants to in your group then your group leader can speak for you

• Sum up findings – how successful do you believe this next stage will be ? How can we add to this success?

Our Launch

• We all should be level 1 leaders

• We all should promote someone not in this room to be a level 1 leader.

• How many of these should they have to do?

• Which lunchtime will you hold the interviews? Where in the school?

• How do you agree a rota?

Summary so far...

1. The level 1 badge is red, level 2 orange etc.

2. People who can award a badge must

1. Have a badge of that level or higher themselves

2. Have attended a MAT student council meeting

3. The evidence sheet MUST be completed and signed

4. If possible new leaders should be announced in

assembly by student council members

Leaders have to be good at…

Leading themselves ! Personal Strength, organised, resilient

Working with people. Mentoring, Coaching, Listening etc.

Leading people. Presenting, speaking out, taking the lead

The 3 P model calls these…

Personal

Private

Public

Someone gives you a job to do and you do it

You work really well in a team. People in the team rely on you

You have an idea and try it out. If it works

you help other people use your idea

Someone gives your team something to

do and you make sure your team does it

You have an idea and you bring a team together and you lead the team to make sure it gets

done

Things leaders do

Reliable Helper Someone gives you a

job to do and you do it

Reliable Team member You work really well in a

team. People in the team rely on you

Use your own ideas You have an idea and try

it out. If it works you help other people use

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Lead a TeamYou have an idea and

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