Category: Agendas

Minutes 27th April

May 4, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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

April 20, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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

March 30, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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

March 16, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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 2/03

March 2, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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

February 23, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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

Proposed Equality Statement

October 6, 2016 / / 1 Comment

LNS is committed to promoting equality and diversity in all its activities to promote inclusive processes, practices and culture.

We will strive to work to eliminate any unlawful or unfair discrimination including direct or indirect discrimination, discrimination by association, discrimination linked to a perceived characteristic, harassment and victimisation.  And we will continue to strive towards a culture that is diverse and inclusive that recognises and develops the potential of all staff and students.

We recognise the importance of having a diverse community of staff and students who value one another and realising the contribution they can make to achieving a better LNS to all of LNS.

This includes promoting equality and diversity for all irrespective of:

  • Age
  • Disability
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity (including race, colour and nationality)
  • Gender reassignment
  • Religion or belief
  • Sexual orientation
  • Marriage and civil partnership
  • Pregnancy and maternity
  • Refugees and asylum seekers
  • People with diverse communication needs
  • Ex-offenders

 

These terms above appear under the Equality Act (2010) these are known as ‘protected characteristics’

Minutes 6th October 2016

October 5, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Agenda

Equalities Statement- KC on behalf of Mr Durant

Hair- Henry

Report back on Halal Food- Obai
Report back on SIMS Categories- KC
Review Incident Report- Henry (POSTPONED)

This is England- Dewi?

Women’s group and Guerrilla Girls- on behalf of Ms Lucking

Apologies

Mathew Searle DOCKS

Ms Lucking

Pauline Murphy

Minutes

Equalities Statement- KC on behalf of Mr Durant

Proposed we go away and read and comment on the post. Obai, Mr North, Mr Hall, Lethaniel will meet in the week too.

Why is the equalities group site private. KC will speak to Mr Waugh about changes we could make to make it public. 

Hair- Henry

Obai spoke to JLT is is arranging a meeting with Mr Bull. Henry will attend  it but not arrange it!

Max got let back into lessons the day after he write the piece and that was pleasing. No clear place where the hair policy is displayed. Ms Schuil- It is not an unnatural colour so it seems an overreaction. Mathew Q had blonde tips and no one said anything. How does hair affect your education? It’s with you all week. We are concerned with inconsitancy. Why isn’t it said to staff.

Leon will comment on Henry’s post with his thoughts too.

Report back on Halal Food- Obai

Will arrange meeting with Mr Waugh or KC since he has spoken to Dean and they will meet on the matter.

Report back on SIMS Categories- KC

Leadership want to reduce the number of categories. We don’t believe it will allow us to analyse the behaviour trends effectively. Student member would like to pursue a meeting with Mr Bull. We will invite Mr Bull next week if CW cannot meet with Mr Atherton. Dewi will liase with Mr Bull on this.

Review Incident Report- Henry POSTPONED as KC did not get the report done in time. 

This is England- Dewi and Ms Schuil

United Colours of Benetton Advert featuring very diverse looking people.  Schuil proposes a campaign. A propaganda campaign. Schuil will oversee the start of the campaign and Obai will help.

JOBS- reminder to recruit people for next week.

Minutes 29th September 2016

September 29, 2016 / / 1 Comment

Agenda

  • Counter Culture Workshop
  • Hair issues
  • Actual Jobs
  • Halal Food
  • SIMS Categories
  • Incident Report
  • “This is England” campaign

Apologies

  • Mathew- Docks
  • Dewi- Nautical Things

Ms Lucking

  1. Tate Workshop: Exhibit of Guerrilla/Gorrilla Girls workshop and Complaints Department Workshop where we can make posters about things which affect us. Names to Ms Lucking by tomorrow please. Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday afternoon proposed. Freddy, Obai already signed up
  2. We can all read Henry’s Essay on his Student Journal. Action: we will all read it by next week. It has now been put on his student journal and Mr Waugh just uploaded to to the Equalities site too.
  3. Actual Jobs in the Equalities Group. We offered SIMS to Henry. Equalities group recruitment (Miss Schuil).

Mr North and Freddy- Curriculum

Workshops for the school- Possibly Kate

Ms Schuil, Obai- recruitment of staff and students

Promotion of equalities group ideas- Mel Lucking

Events- Kickstarted by Schuil.

Henry has concerns about assigning roles when group numbers are so low. The group agreed to put this on the agenda for two week’s time when we have more numbers.

Next Week’s Agenda

  • Halal Food
  • SIMS Categories
  • Incident Report
  • “This is England” campaign

 

Minutes 15.09.16

September 15, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Apologies

Demi and Jamal are on Duke of Edinburgh

Agenda

Motion: Adding SEN Discrimination to the SIMS logs. Unanimously carried. Miss C and Lethaniel will do it this week. 

Review of Equalities incidents so far this year. Henry will present this in future with names removed. Mr Waugh summarised. 

Mr Harris’s response to Racists incidents. He tried to use our strategy of families meeting when racist incidents occurred. He used tutors instead of families because leadership prevented him bringing families in. Mr Waugh says the meeting was a success and results in apologies but it can be successful even if apologies aren’t made. All parties chose to attend. Genuine apologies made. We will ask that these incidents are based on how the students feel. Involve the school counsellor. If the resolution cannot be met then we could then start to impose sanctions. We will invite Mr Harris to talk about how it is going to be implemented. 

No Halal food in the canteen. Or food in the canteen is not labelled halal. Obai and Mr Waugh. 

Dyed hair? Henry will invite Max. 

Next week’s agenda

New focusses this year 

Giving people actual jobs

Dyed hair referral