School Council
A council is a group of people that meet regularly. They are elected representatives of a group, who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. Shoreditch Park Primary School Council members help to represent children’s voices. They are a team of committed students who wish to help...
ASPIRE Ambassadors
Every year pupils are given the opportunity to apply to be an Aspire Ambassador. In the application they reflect on why they would be a good choice for this role and they explain why Aspire is important to them! They are involved in pupil voice meetings, assemblies, trips and much more! They are...
ASPIRE in Summer 1 2019
...rrying times. A Mental Health Pupil Voice Group was created. These pupils worked with staff to create a child-friendly mental health policy . Pupils also created a video to share our development towards being a mentally healthy school....
Computing
Intent Within an ever changing and technological world, Shoreditch Park Primary School understands and values the importance of teaching Computing from a young age. We acknowledge that future generations will rely heavily on their computational confidence and digital skills in order to support...
History and Geography Curriculum
History At Shoreditch Park Primary School, our intent is to produce a high-quality History education for all learners in order for them to gain the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life. We aim to inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past and we are passionate that...
Promoting British Values
The DfE states that schools should promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The Government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and was...
Rights Respecting School
... more about this year’s Rights Respecting Steering Group on the Pupil Voice page. Class Charters A charter is a visual document that establishes an agreed set of rights-based principles upon which relationships can be based and which provide a language for shared values. Creating charters can supp...
Rights Respecting Steering Group
Steering group is a pupil voice group, which focuses on children's rights. As a gold level Rights Respecting school , this group has a very important role to play. They meet at least once a half term to discuss and decide how to raise awareness around children's rights. When steering group feel...
ASPIRE in Autumn 1 2019
...t in school elections for our Pupil Voice groups. We read the books 'Do Unto Otters' and 'The Golden Rule', which explore the concept of treating others the way you would like to be treated. We also continuously linked respect with showing pride in our actions and attitudes to school...
Oracy
At Shoreditch Park Primary, ASPIRE oracy plays a prominent role in teaching and learning. We understand that oracy skills are vital to success in school and in life, as they are closely linked to cultural capital. For many children, especially those growing up in poverty, opportunities to develop...
School Council Update - Spring 1 2023
...the environment. Thanks for reading the Pupil Voice update!...
ASPIRE Ambassadors 2020-21
We are delighted to introduce you to our new Aspire Ambassadors for this academic year! Our Ambassadors are Year 5 pupils who are dedicated to developing Aspire across the school. They are involved in pupil voice meetings, Mentally Healthy Schools, Aspire displays, charity fundraising events and...
ASPIRE in Autumn 1 2018
...t in school elections for our Pupil Voice groups. We read the book ‘What if Every body Did That’ by Ellen Javernick. This opened up conversations about the consequences of our actions....
Councillor Bramble Visit
...out our ASPIRE curriculum and Pupil Voice within the school. Every child spoke with confidence, passion and pride. They represented our school wonderfully! They told Councillor Bramble about their vision for Pupil Voice in the school and projects they are currently working on. They introduced her to...
Eco-Active Workshop: Week 3
ON THE 12/10/18, GREEN TEAM MADE THEIR OWN POSTERS WITH THEIR RECYCLED PAPER THEY MADE THE WEEK BEFORE . They wrote to persuade more children to recycle more. Also, they wrote what people should recycle. THEY ALSO WROTE IT TO PUT AROUND THEIR CLASSROOMS! After that, they wrote on a piece of...
Eco-Active Workshop: Week 2
Action plan and Making paper. How to make recycled paper
Aspire - Respectful Rodrick
Each half term we focus on one pillar of Aspire. The Autumn 1 focus was Respectful Rodrick. We had a celebration assembly at the end of half term to reflect on our achievements within this strand. Children were awarded a certificate for showing respect either to themselves, others or their...
Visit to Hackney Town Hall
This Week members of the School Council, Rights Respecting Group and Aspire Ambassadors went to visit Hackney Town Hall. We met Councilor Rathbone, the Speaker and the Mayor! We had a tour of the Speaker chambers and the gallery of past Mayors and speakers. The children asked lots of thoughtful...
Speaker of Hackney Visit
This week The Aspire Ambassadors, Green Team and School Council led a visit from the Speaker of Hackney. The students prepared a presentation to explain all about our ASPIRE curriculum and why it is important to us. The Green Team and Steering Group shared the work they have been doing around air...
Eco-Active Workshop: Week 1
Eco Active Workshops are amazing! This week we looked at: observing the environment (Litter) and making seed bombs. *For these seed bombs we used Fuller’s Earth as our compost Next week we will be meeting with Calvin the Gardener and deciding where and when to plant the seed bombs in our...
Aspire Ambassadors 2017-18
Congratulations to our new Aspire Ambassadors for 2017-18! Our Ambassadors will be the pupil voice for ASPIRE this year. If you have any ASPIRE ideas or something you would like to share, please speak to the Ambassador in your class
Pupil Voice
The pupil voice team met with Ms Caton and Ms MacCourt to finalise the school lunch menu. We discussed elements that had to be included such as food standards, and initiatives that previous pupil voice groups had implemented such as Planet friendly Mondays. They discussed ways in which the pupil...