Category: Minutes

Minutes 15.06.17

June 15, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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

May 25, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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

May 15, 2017 / / 3 Comments

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

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 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 09/07

March 9, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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

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?

Equalities Meeting – PSHE with Mr Goldsmith

February 9, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Apologies – Ms Lucking, Dewi, Albion

Metting with Mr Bull did not take place and will need to be rescheduled.

When does PSHE take place? Mr Goldsmith went through the structure of how PSHE should be delivered in form time, but fully acknowledged that this would need to be audited. He suggested that it should be audited through ‘student voice’ and the group was informed that hopefully there would be a new staff member assgned to this role.

Possible PSHE Topics are listed below, these will be shared with MR Goldsmith and he will explore how these match with the DFE documents he has been given by Mr Bull.

  • Autism Awareness Week and Science Week coincide this year
  • Human Rights and the Rights of the Child (the group were asked to name these rights, the results were mixed)
  • Acting respectfully towards each other
  • Communicating respectfully (Obai)
  • Empathy (Kaleb & Casper)
  • Peer pressure
  • The dangers of ‘Banta’. Cameron has proposed delivering assemblies to different year groups
  • Life beyond school
  • Gang Culture

Mr Goldsmith suggested a monthly meeting where he comes to the Equalities group.

Minutes 26th January

January 26, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Apologies: Ms Lucking, Albion, Obai

Agenda

  • PSHE meeting with Mr Goldsmith (9th Febuary) – Meeting with Mr Goldsmith/ the school should have a PSHE curriculum/ the head would like PSHE to be delivered through form times/ Head tells what PSHE assemblys should be done/ Has PSHE been done  Y2:N9 (One which ties into news round but is placed under the no section/ Most do nothing during free time (Talking, Reading, Watching a video, Check through equipment and planners, Play Blackjack)
  • Meeting with Mr Bull (9:00AM – Monday 6th February)
  • PSHE suggestions from the group
  • Organising Staff training

Possible PSHE Topics

  • Autism Awareness Week and Science Week coincide this year
  • Human Rights and the Rights of the Child (the group were asked to name these rights, the results were mixed)
  • Acting respectfully towards each other
  • Communicating respectfully
  • The dangers of ‘Banta’

 

AOB

  • Could the group organise an assembly designed as a play on a specific topic (Any Topic – Banta/ Communication/ Et Cetera)
  • Can we begin to look at SIMS behaviour logs again?

The group explored consistency across the year groups and how students are dealt with by teachers.

JLT – can they explore re-writing school rules and promoting them?