Islington Pupil Parliament - moving forward
Islington’s Pupil Parliament (IPP) held a review and consultation event on
Friday 15 April 2005 at the Barnsbury Centre, Offord Road, Islington. The
event was an opportunity for the students to review and evaluate the work of
the pupil parliament over the last year and to make recommendations for the
future priorities of the IPP.
The IPP was established in 2001 to provide a forum to enable pupils to discuss
issues that affect them, participate in local decision-making and engage with
their local community. Over the past four years it has evolved and developed
and currently works with both primary and secondary age pupils.
33 current and previous IPP members from nine Islington schools attended the
event where they were asked a range of questions to help them to review the
effectiveness of the IPP and to decide what their priorities should be for the
future. The leading question was ‘what issues do you feel strongly about?’.
Answers ranged from playground equipment and after school clubs to bullying
and school meals. These answers will help to form the priorities of the IPP
for the forthcoming year.
Helen Cameron, PHSE & Citizenship Advisory Teacher, CEA@Islington said: ‘This
meeting was an opportunity to consolidate the experiences of the last four
years and to begin planning how to take the parliament forward with pupils’
ideas, interests and experiences being central to this process. The pupils
certainly engaged with the issues and worked hard and enthusiastically
throughout the meeting.
‘Pupils had opportunities to share ideas and work together with their peers
from other schools. The activities included writing an advert for a pupil
parliament member, sharing experiences of the parliament so far through
recording interviews with each other, explaining the pupil parliament to an
alien and creating a promotional radio programme. It was a very positive
morning and we are looking forward to working with pupils from across
Islington schools.’
For further information, please contact:
Caroline Rowe, Communications
Officer, CEA@Islington
t: 020 7527 5545
e:
caroline.rowe.cea@islington.gov.uk
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