* Tips for running elections * Key lines of communication (a worksheet for planning communication) * School policy on pupil participation (an essential document for any school that’s serious about pupil well-being – this is a guide to creating one) * School council constitution (you can’t really have pupil representation without one – although many try – some scenarios to set you on your way) * Tips for great meetings (guides to help you through preparing for a successful meeting, the meeting itself and ground rules to avoid pitfalls) * Ice breakers (4 school council-related games)

Ensuring that everyone knows who their reps are or who they're voting for is essential. This is a fun way to help that happen. You can create cards for each rep or candidate that can be swapped or be the focus for a game. This will work well with KS2 and KS3.

A simple tool to help you think about what you're trying to achieving with student voice in your school. If you fill this out online (using the web link) then you will be provided with personalised advice for how to improve student voice in your school.

Some tips for how to plan a successful election for your school council.

A pocket guide for any students who are or want to become a rep, whether it's for their class, year, house or school. Inside you’ll find answers to all of these questions: What is a rep (representative)? What’s good student voice? What does a rep do? How do I collect views? How do I create change? How do meetings work? What should I ask in meetings? How do I run a meeting? What are minutes? Can meetings be fun? How do I present an idea? How do we get things done? It’s designed as an A5 booklet so if you print it our double-sided onto A4 all the pages should match up.

Live, free, interactive lessons from our EU-expert teachers. These cover the history, values and structures of the EU and European Parliament. Involver has been commissioned by the European Parliament’s Liaison Office in the UK to write and deliver free, impartial, educational sessions about the EU and the European Parliament. These have been designed to work as part of the Citizenship, Politics, and Modern Studies curricula. Each lesson is delivered live, at Europe House, in-school or online. Learning objectives Gain an understanding of the European Union and how it works Gain an understanding of the history and achievements of the EU Explore the values of the EU and the European Parliament, including diversity Explore and understand the new EU-UK relationship