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Consultation Report 2009 Children’s Voices Remington Youth & Community Centre 200 Remington Road Parson Cross Sheffield S5 9AG 01142466276

Extended Schools - Consultation Report, 2009

Children’s Voices 0114 2466276

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Contents Introduction 3 Executive Summary 4 Summary 4 Recommendations 5 Malin Bridge Primary School 6

-Questions 6 -Techniques 6 -Findings 8

Wisewood Primary School 12

-Questions 12 -Techniques 12 -Findings 14

Feedback posters 16



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Introduction Children are at the heart of many services throughout Sheffield. Their involvement in the planning, delivery and evaluation of services affecting them is critical for ensuring a service is efficient and based on actual need Article 12 of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child states that,

“Children and young people have a right to express an opinion on any matter affecting them and to have that opinion taken into account”.

This statement is supported in Sheffield through the Sheffield Children and Young People’s Plan and the Sheffield Children and Young People’s Participation Strategy. The Children’s Voices Project is firmly committed to this principle and is leading on consultation and participation work with children in Sheffield. For more information on matters relating to this report or for support and advice in involving children in your setting please contact: Clare Humberstone Children’s Voices Project Manager Remington Youth and Community Centre 200 Remington Road Parson Cross Sheffield S5 9AG Tel: 0114 2466276 Email: [email protected]



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Executive summary Children’s Voices were approached by Derek Moxam, Extended Schools Co-ordinator for the Stocksbridge family of schools, to conduct a consultation project to ascertain pupils’ thoughts and views about after school clubs. Children Voices worked with Malin Bridge Primary and Wisewood Primary school councils to gather the views of all the pupils in the schools. The school councils took part in three sessions which included: Session 1: The school council thought of questions to ask their fellow pupils about after school clubs. Children were then shown some fun and engaging consultation techniques that they could use to ask pupils their questions. Children decided which techniques they would like to use with each question they wanted to ask. Session 2: Children designed and made the consultation activities which they had chosen in session 1. *Between session 2 and 3 children took the consultation techniques around all the classes in the school to gain their responses to the questions* Session 3: Children counted up the results to reveal what the pupils’ views. They then produced feedback posters to take back to their classes to show the rest of the school the outcome of the consultation. The sessions were very successful and not only produced some interesting results but also enabled the school council representatives to build skills in fun and engaging consultation techniques. This report contains results from both schools. A breakdown of each school’s results can be found in the findings section.

Summary • The most popular activities that children would like to do at an after

school club are den making, sports, cooking and arts and crafts.

• Most children would like to have a snack provided for them whilst at the club. Children would also like the opportunity to bring their own snack.

• Most children would like to have cold drinks and something sweet for snack, such as sweets, chocolate, cakes and biscuits.

• 33% of children would like the club to run once a week; however 28% of children would like the club to run every day of the week.



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• Most children would like the club to last between 1 ½ hours to 2 ½ hours.

• Children would like friends and family to have the opportunity to come to the club if they wanted

Recommendations • The children’s ideas should be included in the development of any new

after school club

• If the after school club is successfully funded, children should be given the opportunity to evaluate the service against their original requests to make sure they are been taken into consideration

• If the after school club is successfully funded. Consultation should be an on-going process to ensure the club is continuously meeting the needs and wishes of the children attending.



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Malin Bridge Primary School Questions Children came up with the following questions that they would like to ask the rest of the school... - Would you like activities to be indoor or outdoor? - Would you like to do sports or crafts or both? - Activities should they be adventurous or not adventurous - Should there be complex or simple games? - What age group should do it? - Do you want a snack or not? - What time will it be? - How long do you want it to be? - When do you want to do it? - What day should it be on? Weekday or weekend? - Do you need transport to get there? - Who would you like to run it? - Should it cost money or not? - How many people do you want to do it? Children then voted on their three favourite questions. The three most popular questions were… 1. What activities would you like? 2. How long do you want the club to be? 3. Do you want a snack?

Consultation Techniques Children chose a consultation technique for each of the questions. These were: Question: What activities would you like? Consultation technique: Picture voting Outline of activity: Photographs of different activities were presented to the children. Each child was given a sticker to vote on the activities they would most like to do at the club. Post-it notes were also provided for the children to add any additional activities. Year 3 Year 6



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Question: How long do you want the club to be? Consultation technique: Bulls eye Outline of activity: A target was displayed, showing the rings marking different options for how long the pupils might want the club to last. The children were given a sticker to place on the ‘ring’ indicating their preferred option. Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Question: Do you want snack? Consultation technique: Tokens in a jar Outline of activity: Three jars were set up with options written on about whether children would like to have snack. Options consisted of ‘Yes’ ‘No’ and ‘Bring your own’. Children were given a token to put in the jar that represented their preferred choice.

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Bullseye How long do you want the club to last for?

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Wisewood Primary School Questions Children came up with the following questions to ask other pupils in the school... - What age group should the club be for? - Should there be a rota for the different age groups? - Should parents and family be allowed to come? - Should it cost money? - Who should be running it? - Should there be snack? What type of snack? Should it cost money? - Where in school should it be held? - How long should it run for? - Should it be every day? - Should it be on at weekends and holidays? - What activities would you like? - Should we go on trips? - Should there be theme days? Children then voted on their four favourite questions. The four most popular questions were: 1. What things would you like to do at the club? 2. What snack would you like? 3. How often do you want the club to be? 4. Do you want parents and family to come to the club?

Consultation Techniques Children chose a consultation technique for each of the questions. These were: Question: What things would you like to do at the club? Consultation technique: Suggestion box Outline of activity: Children were given a voting slip which they could write or draw an activity on that they would like to do at the club. Children posted their completed slip into the box. Question: What snack would you like at the club? Consultation technique: Picture voting Outline of activity: Photographs of different snacks were presented to the children. Each child was given a sticker to vote on the snack they would most like at the club. Post-it notes were also provided for the children to add any additional snacks they would like.



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Question: How often do you want the run to be? Consultation technique: Bullseye Outline of activity: A target was displayed, the rings marking a different option for how often the club could take place. The children were given a sticker to place on the ‘ring’ indicating their preferred option. Question: Do you want parents and family to come to the club? Consultation technique: Tokens in a jar Outline of activity: Three jars were set up with options written on about whether children would like their parents and family to be aloud at the club. Options consisted of ‘Yes’ ‘No’ ‘Don’t know’. Children were given a token to put in the jar that represented their preferred choice.



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Findings Picture Voting What snack would you like?

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Cold Drinks Fruit and Veg Cakes and

Biscuits

Crisps and

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Sweets and

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Once a week Two times a week Three times a

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Token in a jar Do you want parents and family to come to the club?

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Yes No Sometimes Friends and

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Feedback posters: These are some of the posters the children produced to take back to present to their class about what we found out

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