Agenda:
- Actual Jobs
- Hair issues
- Halal Food
- SIMS Categories
- Incident Report
- “This is England” campaign
Apologies:
Henry, Dewi, Matthew.
Minutes:
- Actual Jobs – areas of responsibility (We agreed these and will assign people to them in the next meeting)
- SIMS Report – Henry
- Assemblies –
- Curriculum –
- Workshops –
- Promotions –
- Events –
- Hair
Obai reported that the school seems to have inconsistencies in the way they address people’s hairstyles.
Henry has written a paper on this – we will deal with this next week.
- Racist Incidents
Mr Harris joined the Equalities Group at this point. In a discussion about the resolution process he developed in accord with our recommendations (He explored the use of a student conference: both students were present of their own volition and time was taken to explore the incident. Eventually both acknowledged/accepted each other’s position and the perpetrator apologised for his actions, which was accepted by the victim).
We concentrated on what happens if a resolution is not reached. To which Mr Harris added the following observation:
A resource exists in the LSC to provide a programme about prejudice – we would like to understand this more and encourage this to be used.
A proposal for working together in the future was developed:
- Mr Harris will work with a Year 9 representative of the Equalities group to develop a formal policy for dealing with incidents of prejudice.
- The proposed student conference will happen after the school’s formal sanctions have been enacted – usually initially a period in referral. This will be a voluntary meeting, but will be a way for students to demonstrate they’re serious.
- Ms Phillips will be invited to show the Equalities group her LSC anti-prejudice progamme.
- Some discussion occurred about whether parents should be involved in this meeting. This matter remained unresolved.
Next Week:
- Actual Jobs
- Hair issues
- Halal Food
- SIMS Categories
- Incident Report
- “This is England” campaign
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