Pupil Participation in Improvement Planning

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Pupil Participation in Improvement Planning

• Friday 15 JuneCarmondean PrimaryLivingston

www.gillian.reilly_at_wled.org.uk
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Outline

• Our School
• Pupil Council
• Pupil Parliament
• Activity How to get started?
• Questions?

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Carmondean Primary School

• Diverse school population
• Role of 420 plus nursery
• Well-established Pupil Council
• Pupil Parliament 3 years old

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Pupil Parliament

• How to take forward the Pupil Council?
• P36 meet together in hall during last term
• Mixed stage groups (same as Sports Day)

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Voting in our groups

• Teacher responsible for each group
• Choose a scribe and reporter
• Discuss improvements for next session

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Feedback at assembly

• Discuss improvements for next session
• Write down all suggestions
• Choose most popular and second choice

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Deciding on the priorities

• Report back at assembly
• Agree on improvements to take forward
• Action Plan drawn up by Pupil Council

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Pupil Parliament 2007
We used a thumb tool and said YES to

• Activity afternoons!
• More ICT equipment!
• Make Golden Time more fun!

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What our primary sevens think!

• Good to feel involved
• We get to make a difference
• Even though they were only tables, everyone was
  so happy because we had ordered them and they
  werent grey!
• A lot of responsibility
• If you keep the parliament going the school will
  get better and better!

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Our favourite decisions so far-

• Smartboards in each class
• New dictionaries
• More Dell laptops
• Trim Track!
• New desks
• Doors to P7
• Playground markings

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Carousel
  ? Step 1 Each group is to have its own colour
marker
? Step 2 Move through the different stations of
the carousel. ? Take your marker with you as
you move. ? Change recorders each time you move
to a new station.
 ? Step 3 Return to your original station.   ?
Read over the list of suggestions made by the
large group. ? Distil the list and record the
distilled suggestions. ? Report back to the large
group.
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Carousel questions

• What do we do already that could be termed pupil
  involvement?
• What are the benefits of pupil involvement in
  improvement planning?
• What might we find difficult to introduce?
• What experiences do our children have of
  evaluation techniques?