Voicebox Primary is a pupil participation network enabling primary school students to use their voices in meaningful and effective ways. This network was established to support the development of successful school councils in primary schools and promote pupil voice across the whole school structure.
The meetings are an opportunity for year 5-6 pupils to get together, share their ideas and learn new schools.
The meetings will address a number of different topics or issues, presenting pupils with the ideas and inspiration to take these back to their schools for further discussion and action. Local and global issues will be highlighted in order to raise awareness, develop empathy and drive action from within their own schools. Topics covered in previous years include: anti-bullying, e-safety, human rights, physical activity and identity.
15 Primary schools joined us for our third Primary Voicebox event of the year. For this event we were extremely lucky to have the opportunity to team up with the Diane Modahl foundation as we focused on the promotion of Healthy Lifestyles and looking after our health and wellbeing.
Read moreWhat is bullying and what can we do about it in school? These were just some of the questions our primary school council networks discussed as we launched this year’s Anti-Bullying Week campaign through our Young Voices network. Fifteen schools attended the sessions with pupils sharing thoughts on anti-bullying procedures and considering the advice they might give to pupils experiencing bullying.
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