Transcript Power Point minutes of the Council of Portsmouth Students

Minutes of the
Council of
Portsmouth
Students (CoPS)
meeting
10th January 2008
Those present
Natalie Williams ALNS
Liv Abdul ALNS
Ricky Dagnell CPBS
Sam Ring CPBS
James Lawbuary CPBS
Jake Morey St Luke’s
Coral Offin Milton Cross
Atiya Sharmin CPGS
Daniell Arnold – Chair CPGS
Lewis Faithful Mayfield
Nial Ward Mayfield
Charlie Emery Mayfield
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Clare Hillman Priory
John Lihou Priory
Oliver John Priory
Amy Tucker Mary Rose
Michael Powell Mary Rose
Debbie Lower LSA Mary Rose
Louis Head Springfield
Natalie Stephenson Springfield
Rory Edwards Springfield
Lily O’Flynn St Edmund’s
Alex Effah St Edmund’s
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Introduction
Danielle welcomed everyone to the CoPS meeting.
James Lawbuary ran a new ice breaker – The Empire Game
Minutes from last meeting were checked by CoPS members and
were fine.
Matters arising from last meetings discussion re raising the profile
of CoPS in Schools - ALNS said that they now have the PowerPoint
minutes running on a screen in the library.
It was also thought that CoPS
could distribute posters & flyers
for events such as SV day & Pupil
Oscars to keep the SV and CoPS
profile high in schools
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Building Schools For The Future (BSF)
Lewis Montieth (CPBS) came to talk to CoPS about the ‘Quad
Squad’ at CPBS.
CoPS then broke into small groups to discuss BSF.
Points were then shared with the rest of the group and
discussed.
Young people from across Portsmouth will be invited to
contribute to the Building Schools for the future consultation.
Carla Driscoll will be explaining the next steps during the next
COPS meeting on the 5th March.
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Primary CoPS
CoPS were informed that a Primary CoPs has been
started.
Suggested that some members of CoPs & Primary CoPS
meet to share issues.
St.Edmunds have sent out invites to primary secondary
schools in their catchments area. This a great idea but
some secondary schools do not have designated cluster
primary schools (CoPGS and CoPBS).
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Sex & Relationships Education (SRE)
review update
Sylvia Kopecek (a former senior adviser in Portsmouth) has been
visiting schools and carrying out a review of Sex and Relationships
Education in Schools. Unintended teenage pregnancy and rates of
sexually transmitted infections are high in Portsmouth compared
with other parts of the country.
Sylvia has run consultation sessions on SRE in secondary schools.
She began by telling CoPS about herself & her job.
She answered questions about SRE, with feedback from CoPS.
She discussed issues with CoPS members.
Sylvia will make the findings of her review
available to young people in Portsmouth
through CoPS and would be grateful if
schools could discuss the findings through
school councils and to discuss the
implications for the PSHE programme in
each school.
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CYPP
Michael told CoPS about the Children & Young Peoples Plan
review meeting which he attended on the 3rd December.
The gave the basic outline of the meeting – in short CoPS has
been invited to have a say in reviewing and further developing
the Children and Young People’s plan for the City. An
important milestone in enabling young people from
Portsmouth a real say in matters that effect them.
More in depth information can be got from David or Michael.
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Team Building
Ideas were taken for the next CoPS team building day.
Ideas included;
Moors valley country park
Bowling evening
Sailing
CoPS Olympics
Laser quest
Mega maze
All ideas and contact information about these sites to be
passed to The CoPBS who will research costs, availability
and whether the activities were inclusive for wheel chair
access and for students with special needs
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An important offer to schools.
A repeat of last meetings request from the
Leader of Portsmouth City Council
Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson asked the CoPS members to discuss a
few issues in their student councils and schools. These were;
What makes us(as young people) feel safe and unsafe? And how could it
be improved?
Opinion on youth services and how they could be improved.
Views on Southsea sea front.
Opinions on environment and how it could be improved?
Councillor Vernon-Jackson explained that these are real issues for the
council and he would be happy to come in to talk with school councils about
them and would welcome feedback from school councils so that the student
voice can inform the Council’s decisions on these matters.
Councillor Vernon-Jackson invited school councils to contact him on:
[email protected] and [email protected]
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AOB
Questions asked by Gerald Vernon Jackson at last meeting to be
raised by CoPS members in schools as an opportunity for real
involvement in citizenship.
Answers those questions should be emailed to David Hart or directly
to Councillor Vernon Jackson when retrieved from school councils.
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Agenda for CoPS Meeting
The agenda for the next meeting will be set by the
Executive Group on Wednesday 13th February 2008
at the Dame Judith Professional Centre between
3:45pm and 5:45pm.
If School Councils have items they would like to
share and discuss with CoPS please contact David
Hart on 023 9284 1713 or by e-mail:
[email protected]
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Next CoPS Meeting
Date: 5th March 2008
Time: 9am (9:30start) –12:30pm
Venue:Portsmouth Student Union Function Room
If any secondary school
student has a point they would
like to raise with CoPS about
improving schools and learning
please talk to your form, year
or school council rep and they
will take it from there through
your school council to CoPS
and back to you.
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