More Schools Join in Cornwall and Oxford
March has been a great month for introducing Learn to lead to Primary Schools in Cornwall and Oxford. We have also had some great feedback from the days such as “Really enjoyed the training and looking forward to implementing it in School” “Great content …. Good resources to take back to school!” “A range of […]
St Anne’s students are “Rocket Fuel”
Students at St. Anne’s Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Southampton are being given the opportunity to lead aspects of their school through the Learn to lead programme. The students are choosing aspects of their school life they want to improve and working as teams to bring in those changes, all on their own! James […]
Latest newsletter includes funding and training opportunities
Learn to lead’s latest newsletter has been released today, this issue includes funding, latest training opportunities and information on the new Outcome Star Evaluation Training for sixth formers, teachers and mentors. The newsletter can be read here eepurl.com/PoVV5 If you would like to be added to the mailing list contact us
B&NES Children’s Services Participation
We are delighted to report that Learn to lead have been successful in the bid for the Bath and North East Somerset Children’s Services Participation commission for 2014-17. The aim is: “to promote the participation of children and young people, particularly those most vulnerable, to ensure their voices are heard and responded to, and to […]
Learn to lead are pleased to welcome three new Young Directors !
Jake Pitt writer for The Columnist and backbench, co-editor of @YProgresivesUK, editor of @somersetypnews and member of Youth parliament in Somerset. Cerise Able-Thompson, English undergraduate at St Mary’s London, has experience of Learn to lead through her own school life, has since working voluntarily in schools; also with Forest School Camps and is aiming to […]
Student voice – We Need to Talk about Education
What good is school? Let’s hear it from the kids… How better to highlight educational inequality in England than by talking to the pupils themselves? This was the headline and opening sentence of an article in Sunday’s Observer. Politicians, academics, commentators: everyone has a voice in education except the students themselves. Yet their aspirations are […]
Funding for Learn to lead students
UnLtd provide support for social entrepreneurs, and have two award schemes that might be relevant for Learn to lead projects: Spark Awards These awards of up to £500 are about social entrepreneurs coming together to support each other in doing amazing things. As a Learn to lead project perhaps you could link up with other […]
New media team training for students and staff
January 28th – Wells, Somerset Learn how to set up a media team in order to publicise your work … and gain new skills and understanding in video-making, websites, social media and planning a media campaign. This is a very practical day for students, teachers are also welcome. Leading the day we are delighted to have […]
Cornwall Healthy Schools Team Trained in Learn to lead
The Healthy Schools team Cornwall have attended Learn to lead training and are now all learn to lead facilitators. When running training events, they have used the Learn to lead tools to support the process and are working with schools to develop and support pupil voice. “We think Learn to lead can be a terrific […]
Classroom Practice – When student voice is worth shouting about
A great title, but this article in the TES last week opened with a provocative and downright disrespectful statement! “Undoubtedly, 14-year-olds can sometimes be insightful. But more often they are likely to be banal, arbitrary and shallow – and ill-equipped to evaluate pedagogic expertise.” Claire Fox, director and founder of the British think-tank the Institute […]
