Welcome to the London Nautical School Equalities Hub
Welcome to the hub for all LNS Equalities Team activities. The site is accessible to all members of the team – and it also has a public section to keep in touch with the world at large.
Our actions hinge around our weekly meetings, held on Thursdays at lunchtime in the music room and open to all comers, the minutes of which you can read anytime by clicking on the Minutes menu link on this site.
We are active at every level of the school, whether it be working with the Board of Governors to set the strategic direction for equalities within the school right through working on teacher development and curriculum design even to working with individual students who need a point in the right direction for support.
We also attend and run events that highlight and encourage the positive contribution all our communities have in the life of our wonderful school
Minutes 15.06.17
Agenda
Reporting on meeting
Lethaniel’s concerns
Apologies
Dewi- has an exam
Jamal- has to revise
Reporting on meetings
History: set up for Monday or Tuesday
Music is set up for Thursday breaktime
Geography has already taken place
Richard and Kian are not here to arrange maths.
Geography Report
Asked Ms O’Connor about her plans. Boys listed the topic names for new KS3 curriculum, topics include many countries across the world. She is going to try to add religions, urban change and how it affects religion. She will try to involve age, gender and sexuality by looking at prevalence of disease, death rates and working ages etc. Happy include terrorism and earning a living.
Miss was happy and pleased with what we had done.
Miss C will email a thank you letter.
Miss Critchley’s Science meeting with Eden, Casper, Ryan
Nethaniel Freddy, Adam to do maths.
History KC and Caleb.
Lethaniel’s Concerns
Numbers are too low- we need recruitment drive.
Assembly- YES! We can report back on the hard work of the team and all the changes we’ve promoted int he curriculum.
KC: we must celebrate though- our work and Mr Waugh’s work and all the teachers we’ve been speaking too have finally listened. PSHE will be a subject taught next year!
Pride
Sadly we didn’t get a place but KC still intends to take us for a party and picnic. More next week. She will bring letters.
Actions:
Keep going with meetings. Science, Maths, Music and History all booked in for next week.
Minutes 25/05/2017 – Manchester Arena Terrorist Attack
Note: At 11 O’Clock a one minute silence was made in the memory of those affected by the Manchester Arena Terrorist Attack.
Apologies:
Caleb
Those Present:
Ms Critchley, Ms Mole, Obai, Lethaniel, Alfie, Jose and Alex.
Key Points of Discussion on Manchester Arena Terrorist Attack.
– Discussion on the idea that constantly being refereed to as a terrorist will make you do attacks of terror (In some and not all cases).
– The media portrayal of terrorism between country to country. The attack in Manchester generated more news attention in the UK than in France.
– Obai felt some attacks are given more emphasis than others (Hardly any news on the people affected by terrorism in Syria).
– International terrorist groups had disguised the intention to carry out acts of terrors with the idea of freedom before going around committing attacks.
– Labeling groups of a stereotype will increase the use of that stereotype (If you go around labeling Muslims as terrorists then they might start doing acts of terror to justify the stereotype).
– People who commit acts of terror and call themselves Muslim (or associate themselves with a group) can cause social conflict.
– Society always seems to blames a particular group for their problems (Black people, Gay people…).
Minutes 11th May
Apologies: Dewi, Mathew
Agenda: planning for Curriculum meetings
The team spent thier penultimate session prepping to meet HODs about their curricula. Geography, Science, Maths, English, History all underway.
Plans for next week:
Finish our planning and assign teams to each department. Discuss how we approach teachers and when.
Minutes 27th April
Apologies:
Mathew, Mr North
Agenda:
A diverse curriculum which promotes equality. We have already decided to team up with all HODs willing to help us build into thier curriculum moments which celebrate diversity.
Ms Critchley produced several copies of a document which contained points for discussion around how, why and with what we could improve subject curricula. We split into three groups and started to note our ideas so that we can approach relevant HODs with our ideas. Photos of these completed documents to follow!
Minutes 20th April 2017
Apologies – Matthew Searle
Last Week – Pride (KC)
Agenda
- School Objectives to be held accountable to Governors
1) All school documents and resources reflect diversity of wider school (gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion)
2) Regular audits of school behaviour
3) Equality training run annually
Obai will propose a model of audit to be shared with the group and then take feedback
KC proposed an alternative model where the group approached Mr Knight, as the new teacher governor, and ask that he raise this at the next Governors meeting.
KC proposed that students plan which HOD to approach and then students return to the group with ideas for how subjects might celebrate diversity.
Minutes 30/03
Apologies
Maya Kember, Matthew Searle, Victor Mendoza.
Agenda
Setting in general.
A person noticed that around the school people are judging each other in the basis of sets. The person does not know why it is an equalities matter.
The struggle of paste.
Whether there is a direct correlation between setting and inequality.
The attitudes to settings might be a problem?
How will the group proceed with this?
Pride
There is no availability currently to parade in pride. Pending for a response.
Minutes 15/03
Apologies Matthew Searle, Ms Lucking
Last Week
- OE to compile Google Form regarding praise – this has been sent to Ms Critchley and is in the process of re-drafting.
Dewi: Is the idea of praise and celebration a matter of equality? - Autism Awareness Week – assemblies are taking place and being held by Mr Durant.
- What do we want from the group? Is this time for a fresh start?
AOB
Matthew – Ignoring of inappropriate sexual noises in classroom?
Caspar – Some heads of years are dealing with comments that are considered to be ‘banter’ and ignore racist.
The group spent time exploring why this might be an issue for equality.
Minutes 09/07
Apologies Ms Murphy
Last Week
The group had an open and frank discussion about praise and rewards. What next?
Agenda
JN spoke to M Knight about praise and rewards
How will the group respond?
- How is achievement celebrated?
- Measurements of progress?
- Effort Grades
- Could a google form be compiled – OE to take this on
Autism Awareness Week
AOB
Matthew – Ignoring of inappropriate sexual noises in classroom?
The group spent time exploring why this might be an issue for equality.
School Council Meeting – JN to visit RG
Minutes 2/03
Apologies – Dewi, Caspar
Agenda
- Meeting with the Head re-scheduled as he was absent on Monday – Ms Griffin will contact JN with a time and he will invite students to attend.
- Behaviour reports – Mr North will visit Emma in the basement
Main Discussion
How is the school rewarding positives and celebrating achievement?
Student 1 (Year 11) – rewards happened in the past, reward trips for the entire form. Year 8, my form won a trip to Thorpe Park. Those students who were badly behaved would not go on the trip.
Student 2 (Year 11) Bowling trip in Year 9. There may have been a greater focus on Education. End of Year Summer assembly would mark the end of the year and those with 100 watch marks would be put into a prize raffle.
Lunch time trips to Nando’s – Could the criteria for reward lunches be made clearer?
Students in Year 11 were disappointed by Motivational Report ‘What about the hardworking and independent students – where is their recognition? How are they rewarded?
Rewards for high attendance – are religious holidays such as Eed counted as unauthorised absence?
There is a concern from the students that the pizza is rewarding bad behaviour?
Students feel letters and phone calls home promised by teachers do not materialise?
The overall feeling from students is that they still feels there is a lack of consistency from classroom to classroom.
Next Week: How are we to audit resources across the curriculum so that our committments to the Governors are honoured?
Minutes
Apologies:
Ms Murphy, Lethaniel
Agenda
Thank you
Recruitment – bring friends
Meeting with the Head – Caspar, Eden (Mob3), Caleb (N203)
Uniform and identity; hair hypocrisy is the policy being reviewed?
Behaviour
lower school issues with upper school
DIsabity discrimination
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