Today’s Tutor Time

Our wider community

Complete the sentence:

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If we want something to change we should…

A reminder:

• This is a safe space to share your views.
• Respect others opinions, even if you disagree.
• Acknowledge other ideas.
• Encourage others to share.

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Fair enough. Hmmm, yeah that’s true. I agree to an extent…

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I see your point. That’s a good/fair point.

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I see where you’re coming from. What do you think?

• What do you like about studying at SJIIS?
• How could your experience of studying here be improved?

How would you rate these aspects of the school?

Give each aspect a score out of 5.

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5 = GREAT

4 = very good

3 = OK

2 = meh.

1 = needs big improvements

Teaching and learning - the academic stuff!

The school facilities

CCAs and events

Sense of community

Classroom environments

Other (your own topic)

FIRST:

How would you rate these aspects of the school?

Give each aspect a score out of 5.

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5 = GREAT

4 = very good

3 = OK

2 = meh.

1 = needs big improvements

Teaching and learning - the academic stuff!

The school facilities

CCAs and events

Sense of community

Classroom environments

Other (your own topic)

FIRST:

How would you rate these aspects of the school?

Give each aspect a score out of 5.

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5 = GREAT

4 = very good

3 = OK

2 = meh.

1 = needs big improvements

Teaching and learning - the academic stuff!

The school facilities

CCAs and events

Sense of community

Classroom environments

Other (your own topic)

FIRST:

Your voice matters.

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We value your feedback.

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We are open to change.

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This is OUR community.

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Together, we can make it a better place to be.

As a tutor group:

• Once a month, we will share our thoughts on an aspect of school life.

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• WE choose the topic for discussion as a class.

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• We ALL have the chance to share feedback.

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• This feedback will be anonymous, and shared with the student committee and senior leaders.

How will we decide the topic for discussion?

Each student has a slip of paper. Write down your general feelings on a current aspect of school life. Rules:

• Avoid discussing specific subjects, teachers, students.
• Keep the topics related to the whole (or for most of) school community.
• BE ANONYMOUS - no names.

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Which would be good examples of topics to discuss?

The Science common assessment was too hard!

There are too many common assessments

Students in my maths class talk too much

There should be more activities to do at breaktime

Alan in Year 10 kicked my football onto the roof and it’s stuck there

I feel like there are too many sports CCAs

The food in the canteen sucks

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Maybe your idea is worth discussing, if you could make it a) less of an attack

b) more of a suggestion

c) more specific

The food in the canteen sucks

I feel like there’s been a lack of variety with the canteen food for a while…

Next, your tutor OR designated student leader(s) will review all the comments.

• Are there any patterns? Do lots of students feel the same about a certain topic?
• Is there a particular topic that seems worth discussing because it is important at this time?

Tutors/Leaders will then shape the chosen comment/topic into an open question. This makes sure that the comment is anonymous, and that other views are welcome:

I feel like there’s been a lack of variety with the canteen food for a while…

Are we happy with the canteen food?

How could the canteen food be improved?

How might we make these comments into questions?

There are too many common assessments

I feel like there are too many sports CCAs

How will we share our views?

Some options:

What are the pros and cons of each option?

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Do you have any other ideas?

Remember:

• Feedback is a dynamic, two-way process.

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• Share your comments with SRC and SLT, and request a follow-up from them

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• Ask them for a timeframe - when will they respond to the comments from your Student Voice?