This blog has been written in collaboration with Greenmount Primary, who prioritise cultural and creative arts experiences for their pupils. We are shining a light on the efforts of the school, in support of Child Friendly Leeds Wish 7. Wish 7 – Children and young people know about things to do and places to go…
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John Jamieson school, part of East Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC), have spent the 2024/2025 academic year working hard to to improve opportunities for play and leisure for their students, thanks to a generous donation from the Sir George Martin Trust last summer. John Jamieson is a through generic special school, supporting pupils with a…
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Funded by the Department for Education, this initiative is part of the Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, aiming for all education settings in England to have a designated Sustainability Lead and a Climate Action Plan by 2025. Climate Action Plans should set goals for education setting’s to progress decarbonisation, resilience to climate change, enhancing biodiversity…
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Under 18s – vote now! Leeds Children’s Mayors is an annual citizen project that has been running for over 15 years. It is run in partnership between Democratic Services and the Voice and Influence Team. The project aims to actively engage children in the process of democracy and promote an understanding of rights and responsibilities…
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By Katie Ball, Outcomes Officer at Luminate Education Group At Luminate Education Group, we use the term ‘care experienced’ to mean Children Looked After or young people who have previously been looked after. This includes care leavers, those under ‘special guardianship’ or other orders, or young people who are adopted. While all students across our…
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Amplifying the voice of children in care… In 2019, as a commitment to amplifying the voice of children in care, the Virtual School commissioned the production of a short film to be used to support our training and development programme for schools and services. We gave the production company and the young people free rein…
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The neurodiversity pathway and the trauma-informed approach. Work has been under-way to make learning settings across Leeds as inclusive as possible. This includes: The Neurodiversity pathway Goals Updates There has been a pilot project in Seacroft, supporting schools to develop their understanding of neurodiversity and neuro-affirming practice, with the Leeds Educational Psychology service, West Yorkshire…
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The Leeds Online Safety Campaign has been working to support professionals, parents and carers help keep children safe in their online world, to help them feel confident in talking about online safety with the children they know and work with, so that they in turn know that they can always talk to someone about anything…
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What are ‘School Streets’ and what do they have to do with Wish 6? What is a School Street? A School Street is a temporary closure of the road closeby to a school during drop-off and pick-up times. This makes it safer to make active travel choices (to walk or cycle to school) as there…
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Seasons are a Child Friendly Leeds ambassador who do great work connecting people with nature. As we are celebrating all things Wish 5 – everyone takes more action to protect the environment from climate change – we wanted to find out more about the work that ‘Seasons’ does. Seasons is a Forest School in Leeds…
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It’s our month of raising awareness of Child Friendly Leeds Wish 5 – everyone takes more action to protect the environment from climate change – and we couldn’t let this month pass by without shining the spotlight on Grimes Dyke Primary School, who are doing amazing things to take climate action and teach our youngsters…
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