Young activists: school stories 2013

Making messages

At Brinkworth Earl Danby’s CE School in Wiltshire, all pupils from reception to Year 6 made puppets or cut-out teachers.

800 pupils from Churchtown Primary School in Southport, Mersyside took part in a range of activities.

Activities in subject lessons

Year 7,8,9 at Clare’s Court Senior Girls School in Maidenhead, made these ‘teachers’ during Geography lessons.

Bradley Stoke Community School in south Gloucestershire ran sessions during Enrichment week.

Holding assemblies

The school council at Delves Infant and Nursery School in Walsall held an assembly with 180 children as part of the campaign.

Eco groups made ideal teachers and held assemblies at Kyleakin Primary School on the Isle of Skye.

Running events

Young ambassadors, Millie and Sam, held a special ‘Education for All Day’ on June 21 2013 at Ringwood School, Hampshire.

Rhodes Avenue Primary School in London invited Lynne

Featherstone, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green and DfID

Minister, back to school.

MPs go back to school

330 pupils at Danesholme Infant School in Corby got involved in Send My Friend to

School activities.

800 students from Wilnecote High School in Tamworth took part in the campaign.

Pupils at Kirkwall Grammar School in Orkney have been raising awareness about the 1.7

million ‘missing’ teachers.

210 students from

Brookhouse Primary

School in Blackburn

invited their MP, Jack

Straw to school to

hand over messages.

He made sure David

Cameron received

them.

Pupils from Ysgol Pen Y Bryn and Ysgol St Elfod travelled 250 miles from Wales to Westminster where they had a

surprise meeting with the Prime Minister.

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This project is funded by the European Union