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.

Many members were missing today as we had a rooming issue. We were joined by a new member, Tyrese Flectcher who contributes to our discussion on how to ensure our cause is adequately represented in PSHE lessons.

Halal food

Mr North had to postpone a meeting due to illness so this is still I. Progress. Obai and Mr North are on this.

Ms C and Jamal discussed increasing the profile of equalities group at school but also teaming up with other schools perhaps through Lambeth youth council.

We discussed the need for better education about our causes and that pshe lessons should be better and include some of our work.

The meeting concluded abruptly due to new lining up procedures. We'”” plan better next week.

Apologies

Mr North- he has an ear infection

Matthew- has a meeting

Caleb- private matter

Dewi- Jamal is sure he’s sorry but doesn’t actually know where he is

Mr North and Mr Bull

Discussion postponed until Mr North’s return

PSHE curriculum

Many memebrs who were misinformed about the location of last week’s meeting discussed what PSHE is. They concluded that they had not experience this at LNS.

Ms C proposed speaking to Mr Goldsmith about his plans for PSHE since he made some progress when Y9 had an assembly by Brook on sexting and the law this week.

Jamal is working on a PSHE curriculum with Lambeth Youth Council and would like us to help him understand what students need and want from this.

Next week we will name some topics we’d like to see included from our equalities group position. Obai proposed we help develop approaches to these topics too and the year sevens said we could plan tutor time lessons.

Ms C explained what Y9 have been up to and will share their Year plan with the group who also think Mr Goldmsith should see it.

We propose having Mr Goldmsith join us for a meeting when we are prepared to present our findings and requests

Actions

All- topics for page, proposed age group, resources ideas ready for next week

All- discuss page with friends to see what the rest of school wants and needs

Ms C and Jamal- meet to discuss helping out Lambeth youth council

Apologies 

• Dewi
• Ms Lucking

Agenda

• Meeting with Mr Bull – Jamal has expressed an interest in attending, Obai to attend also
• Follow up to Last week’s meeting (thoughts and reflection).

Albion – Do all members of staff know this incident has occurred? Yes.

Albion – students do not know what has happened across the school. Albion is concerned that the leadership team is attempting to ‘cover things’ up.

Obai is angry because he feels that the school could have done more to identify the student who committed the assault. He cited an incident last year where a teacher was nearly hit by a coin and the boys were kept in the room until somebody confessed.

Alfie expressed disbelief that the leadership team contains only two female members of staff.

Mr North and Jamal pointed out that CCTV had been investigated and that it wasn’t the job of the Equalities group to find those responsible. How might we focus on bringing about positive change within the school?

• SIMS Categories – JN has spoken to Ms Wilberforce and she has confirmed that she will introduce a drop box system when streamlining the categories on SIMS.
• Jamal’s article on Cat Calling – a link to this is here, please read.

  The following were on the agenda but not addressed within the meeting.

• PSHE
• Making positive change – Lethaniel has found an article in the Guardian about sexual harrassment in schools and has posted it to the group.  Please read.

Apologies: Albion, Ms Lucking, Ms Murphy

Agenda

• SIMS logs – KC will meet with Caroline tomorrow morning in order to learn how to generate the SIMS reports on behaviour.
• Meeting Mr Bull – Follow up from JN. Mr Bull told JN that he would meet with him after discussing SIMS and Uniform issues with the Governors. Mr Bull has not done this, so JN will meet with him.
• Charging Pupils for Trips – This was interrupted at the end of the last meeting. We will publish this section of the Staff Handbook on our website to explore if the trips policy is being adherred to.
  Dion: What is the policy for paying for transport during school hours?
  KC: If trips are around London and planned well enough in advance, TFL will pay for the transport fees.Aside: What provision does the school have in place for international trips that parents cannnot afford? How about students on Free School Meals?

  KC will approach Mr Curran for specific clarification on how students are expected to pay for trips during school hours and what provisions are put into place.

• Equalities Statement – Has been passed to Mr Durrant by JN.
• “This is LNS” – How is this project progressing? FS will be leaving and would like to return to this project in July.
• Update on meeting with Ms Wilberforce from Jamal – As a representative for the Lambeth Youth Council. Jamal has met with Aston, the Senior Youth Organiser and Ms Wilberforce. The Lambeth Youth Council has expressed an interest in helping to showcase the achievement and progress of the group. Jamal will invite him to come to a meeting in a fortnight.
• Thabit’s Sexist Issue (Thabit was absent and so could not report on this.  JN will speak to Thabit about this issue).
• Ms Dearden’s resignation