Issue - meetings

The Panel will receive a presentation regarding this item.

The Strategic Commissioning Officer gave a presentation to the Panel relating to this item, a summary is set out below and attached to the minutes as an appendix. A copy will also be available on the Panel’s Minute Book.

Event

•  The event was organised by B&NES staff, and external facilitators in collaboration with St Keyna Primary School’s e-team.

•  There were 98 children in attendance from 29 different Primary Schools, including two special schools.

•  Key Note Speakers were Jasmin Miller, the Deputy Member of the Youth Parliament, Welton Primary School e-cadet team and St Keyna Primary School who showed their short film which took us down ‘E-Quality Street’.

Workshops

KS1 Workshop: How can your school help celebrate what makes you proud to be you? -  led by Alice McColl and Becky Proctor

•  The KS1 pupils worked really hard in the morning on their theme ‘Proud to be Me’

KS2 Workshop A: ‘How can the school help you look after your whole self’ - led by Judy Allies and Kate Murphy

•  Through role play and a rap tune this group gave suggestions of ways we can support each other.

•  What adults in school can do to help

•  What children can do to help each other

•  What children can do to help themselves

KS2 Workshop B: Free 2 B Me - led by Adrienne Hughes and Megan Morris

•  This workshop was buzzing with ideas.

•  1. Right to be included

•  2. Right not to be bullied

•  3. How it feels to be noticed and not noticed.

•  4. Bee Safe

•  5. Right to be treated equally

KS2 Workshop C: Inside/Out - led by Tania Orgill - Playwood Forest School

•  This group explored the differences between indoor and outdoor environments and what impact each has on their learning and feelings of wellbeing.

•  They showed collages they had made in an indoor setting using given resources and collages they had made outdoors using natural found objects, plants, flowers and grasses.

•  The group gave insightful comments about how different they felt when given choices about what they were asked to do.

During the workshops there was lots of discussion and exploration of the importance of Mental health and Wellbeing.

Next Steps

•  Report to be circulated to Schools Forum and will be circulated to all headteachers with accompanying information on how to set up e-teams within schools.

•  Primary Parliament June 2017

Councillor Sally Davis commented that this year’s event was a great success, but holding the event at Somerdale Conference Centre did incur a significant cost.  She suggested to the Panel that extra funding toward next year’s Parliaments should be made available.

The Chairman thanked the Strategic Commissioning Officer for her presentation on behalf of the Panel.