{"id":1647,"date":"2026-09-30T11:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/?page_id=1647"},"modified":"2026-10-05T19:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:13:31","slug":"2026-2027-participatory-budget","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/2026-2027-participatory-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 \/ 2027 &#8211; Participatory Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><em>Participatory Budget<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/fXXBc56N55UEcMSQA\">2026 \/ 2027 &#8211; Participatory Budget<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><em>This is the seventh year of this initiative from the Scottish Government and all schools have to take part. Approximately \u00a33,000 from the Pupil Equity Fund (PEF) budget has to be spent in this way. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>What is Participatory Budget<\/strong> (PB)?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PB is a way for the families of our school community to have a direct say in how local money is spent.<\/li>\n<li>PB gives our families a voice and for them to get involved and have a say on how part of our budget is spent.<\/li>\n<li>PB is more than just getting families to vote on options &#8211; it is an opportunity to explore issues and come up with suggestions themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Why are we being asked to look at PB?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PB supports Article 12 of the UNCRC \u201cchildren and young people have the human right to have opinions and for these opinions to matter.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Education Scotland Paper (2018) \u201cLearner Participation in Educational Settings considers how learners and their families can have a say in schools.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Next Steps<\/strong> \u2013 the children have selected three areas for consideration of this spend.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sports Equipment<\/li>\n<li>A free trip for all pupils<\/li>\n<li>Playground Resources<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Using the link above, please select your choice of spend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participatory Budget 2026 \/ 2027 &#8211; Participatory Budget This is the seventh year of this initiative from the Scottish Government and all schools have to take part. Approximately \u00a33,000 from the Pupil Equity Fund (PEF) budget has to be spent in this way. \u00a0What is Participatory Budget (PB)? PB is a way for the families [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5630,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1650,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1647\/revisions\/1650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}