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Showcase Event

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This morning, six of our P4/5 pupils went to share their views, and the views of their peers, with SIC representatives at a Showcase Event.  This followed on from our work with the ‘A Place In Childhood’ team last week.

Our representatives were excited to share their views and ideas!

The morning started with each South Mainland school, sharing what they had done on their tour day and talking through their priority lists.  We were interested to hear that there were many similarities between the different areas.

Then it was time to talk to the SIC representatives!  We spoke to people from the areas of Sport & Leisure, Roads, Waste Management, Environmental Health, Town Planning, Youth Services, the Sandwick Community Council and a Youth Worker.  We were interested to hear what their jobs involved and many aspects of their remits, fitted into our priorities so we were able to pass our concerns to the right people, face-to-face.

We explained our priorities to Suzanne from Town Planning and talked about the paths we use to keep us safe but also how the busy main road prevents us having a little more freedom.
We talked to Neil from Sport & Leisure about the Boddam Play Park and our multi court.  He also shared with us some future plans for the Boddam Park which look great and will make it more inclusive.  This was on our priority list!

Our morning finished off with us talking to Ross from Radio Shetland.  We were included in the show which aired on Friday 16th May so please have a listen!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002c2p9

This has been a fabulous project to be part of with a lot of learning opportunities and experiences arising from it.  We feel very lucky to have been involved and to have had input into how we can improve our local area for everyone, especially children.

Our poster and priorities will be displayed ready for the Learner Led Event on Tuesday 27th so please pop in and have a look!
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A Place In Childhood

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Today Anna from the ‘A Place In Childhood’ organisation came to visit along with Ana Arnett, Community Involvement & Development Officer, to work with our class.  We were thinking about our local area and places of importance.  We collected quite a list!

Gathering ideas about our local area.

After that, we went on a walk to help us think more about the areas around our school, what we like about them, how we use them and how they might be improved.  Our walk ended up at the Boddam Play Park so we had our snacks outside and had a play!  This was actually useful for our discussions later!

We then worked in groups on an island task.  We pretended we were separated from the rest of Shetland from Levenwick and South.  We noted down what we would miss not being connected to other areas and added them to the ‘island’.  When Anna collated all our ideas, we were able to think more realistically about what we would like to see in our area and this helped us create our priority list.

Tomorrow, we will all complete a Play Sufficiency Assessment where we will select areas we like to play and pinpoint others that we feel could be improved.  The results will be used to support the SIC in their decision making plans for the future.  We will then use our expertise to help others in the school complete this same survey.

Our final task will be to select a few willing pupils to share our thoughts and ideas at a Showcase Event at Sandwick JH School next Friday.  We will meet with children from our Cluster Schools and share our priorities with local decision makers, including representatives from the Shetland Islands Council.  It’s a great opportunity for us to effect change and see that our views are valued.

Grateful thanks to Anna, Ana and our parent volunteers!
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