Media City Visit
Workers from Media City will be coming into school to talk about how you could, in the future, get a job yourself at Media City and what working at Media City entails.
Radio and TV Workshops
Both a mobile Radio Studio and a TV studio set will be brought to Reddish Vale. They will be running workshops throughout the day.
See Miss Cordinley for more details and to sign up to take part.
BBC Radio Manchester in school Friday (6am to 9am)
They are in the Breakfast Club. Everybody is welcome to come and join in. There will be live music, radio interviews and a chance to talk to the BBC radio staff.
Why not give it a try!
The popular Ethical Enterprise Challenge, a fun annual event which brings members together of school-based co-operatives and Young Co-operatives across the country to show off their enterprise skills, will be returning in 2013. Participants are challenged to work together to devise new and creative products and business models whilst demonstrating how they are putting the co-operative values and principles into action
To register your interest in taking part and keep up-to-date with all the latest news and information, please email schools@co-op.ac.uk.
Global Poverty
Ruth did a fantastic job in explaining and exploring Global Poverty to Years 7, 8 and 9. Find out more or see what you missed on:
Percy Dean Photo workshops
Starts Saturday 12th Jan. More details via your tutors.
Leadership and Teacher CPD on a co-operative approach!
Sutherland School, Telford, Shropshire, Friday 1 February
A major event on this year’s calendar, every co-operative school will improve their practice by attending this training conference.
The day will be led by Sarah Jones from Lipson Community College who will provide insights into the transformation of her school through adopting a values-based approach to teaching and learning.
Find out more about the important role of staff development, the development of student leadership and Young Co-operatives, and the way in which classroom practice can be shaped by co-operative values.
Small group workshops will ensure a practical, interactive experience for participants and we guarantee you’ll go home buzzing with new ideas!
Price per delegate: £150 Book before 31 December 2012 for a 10% discount. To book, contact Steve@co-op.ac.uk.
Co-op Pupils not only in RVTC
Research finds student engagement in Spain is highest in co-operative schools
Research undertaken in the Basque Country and Catalonia in Spain has found that students at co-operative schools are more engaged than students in other types of schools.
Iker Ros looked at student engagement in both primary and secondary schools for his PhD in Psychopedagogy. He considered three aspects of student engagement: emotional or psychological (the feeling of belonging to the schools); behavioural – gained from data on student participation in teaching and extramural activities; and cognitive, meaning students’ perception of academic work and future expectations.
Ros analysed the differences in the organisational development of schools, finding that it is higher in co-operative schools than in public and subsidised schools. He attributes this to the horizontal and collaborative nature of co-operative schools, which leads to greater organisational learning.
Ros foresees an increase in the number of co-operative schools due to the economic crisis and the fall in the number of members of religious orders who are putting the management of their schools into the hands of teachers through co-operative formulas.
Read more at www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=4248&hizk=I#.ULSYwGfDXgK.
Snap!
Legacoop Italy’s co-op
Roberto Cardinale from Italian co-operative Legacoop has shared his ideas for engaging the next generation of co-operators in an interview with the Co-operative News.
Currently, Legacoop runs co-operative entrepreneurship training programmes in schools, with a practical and a theoretical dimension. Students get involved in gardening, buying materials, volunteering within the community or creating a business plan for a virtual co-operative. One of Legacoop’s most successful youth projects is Bellacoopia, which comprised a series of cross-national projects in involving young co-operators from across the world.
Read the interview online at www.thenews.coop/article/co-op-meetings-too-boring-get-young-people-involved.
Any Challengers?
The Ethical Enterprise Challenge is back!
The popular Ethical Enterprise Challenge, a fun annual event which brings members together of school-based co-operatives and Young Co-operatives across the country to show off their enterprise skills, will be returning in 2013. Participants are challenged to work together to devise new and creative products and business models whilst demonstrating how they are putting the co-operative values and principles into action
To register your interest in taking part and keep up-to-date with all the latest news and information, please email schools@co-op.ac.uk.
Lou and Oscar won this so go talk to them about their experience. Come and see me if you want to get involved!
