This guide outlines a recommended process for preparing your school for a school council election. There are then two lesson plans that can be run by teachers with their classes to get pupils to think about what the school council is for, why they should stand and who they should vote for (rather than just their friends). The final section is manifesto sheets for children to fill out to describe why they would be a good school councillor and what they would do if elected.

This toolkit helps school councillors to represent the people who've elected them. It gives them ideas on how to collect ideas, meetings and minutes and SMART projects. More free school council and student voice resources at www.involver.org.uk

A brief guide to help teachers plan a school council election. Please visit http://www.involver.org.uk for more!

Includes: * Tips for running elections * Key lines of communication * School policy on pupil participation * School council constitution * School policy on pupil participation * Tips for great meetings * Ice breakers * Boundaries and possibilities More free resources at www.involver.org.uk.

A PDF to help primary students think about what makes a school council really good.

Using snakes and ladders, this game helps a school council meeting, or any meeting with primary pupils, to run smoothly. It hepls a chair to run a meeting, and for everyone else to follow it.

Here’s the first part of our findings from a brilliant research project that we worked on for the Children’s Commissioner. It’s all about best practice in student voice, and here’s a short ‘How to’ guide with as much as advice as we could possibly fit onto two pages. Feel free to download and share. The research came from in-depth research in 16 schools across England who have great student voice, and looking at the values, principles and practices that underpin their success. Full report to follow.

This activity guide helps primary students to think about what's important to get across in a school council meeting, a pitch, or any kind of presentation.

A PDF for primary pupils to help them to think about how to keep people involved in school council activities across the year.

A PDF to help primary students on their school council to think about how they can collect ideas from across their school.

This resources is a fun, interactive and thought-provoking take on Brexit. The lesson asks pupils to think of Brexit as if it was the Eurovision song contest - introducing them to the key political figures, which institutions they represent and what their biases may be - and to imagine the contestants performing their Brexit-priorities through the form of a song contest. It introduces students to who is behind Brexit, what the negotiating positions are and what the outcomes might be - all in an engaging and experience-led learning journey. The activities promote group and individual tasks, and the lesson ends in a platform through which students share their own political priorities through the Brexit process. For more on Brexit and if you're interested in FREE in-school sessions run by the European Parliament please email: sam@involver.org.uk

This PDF helps school councillors to think about what it means to be a smart school councillor. It might also help students who are thinking about standing for election on their school council to see what's involved.

This PDF helps primary students to think about the questions to ask in a meeting, and how to organise minutes and agendas.

This template gives a clear structure for how reps can report back from meetings and collect views and ideas from their class. This kind of structure is the basis for whole school pupil voice. The template contains advice for the rep using it, the webpage says how it can be filled out.