Citizenship session for new S6 pupils

All of our new sixth year pupils spent this morning thinking about citizenship as part of their S6 induction. They discussed the benefits of real-life pupil-led case studies that have led to positive changes, locally and globally, and then came up with their own ideas of projects that could improve the school or the local community.

Doing a flow chart of benefits stemming from a real-life case study

Envisaging our 'ideal school' and local community

Sharing ideas with members of other groups

Prioritising our different ideas for improvements

Signing up to lead, or participate in, groups to make change happen

Ideas prioritised for action include refurbishing the gym equipment and making it accessible for pupil and community use, working more closely with pupils from Woodlands school, promoting gay rights within school and creating a cycle path to make it safer for pupils to cycle to school. Groups have been formed to make these and other ideas happen. Watch this space for great stuff next year from our new S6s!