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Our Schools are like prisons…

June 27, 2008 By: James Blake-Butler Category: School Buildings, Youth Panel, audio No Comments →

Nelson from Four Dwellings and and Antoinette from the Fierce! Youth Panel spoke passionately about school buildings and how they shape the way children behave. they are looking forward to buildings that give young people more freedom. Listen to their thoughts by clicking on the arrow below.

 
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Waiters in the school canteen…

June 27, 2008 By: James Blake-Butler Category: School Food, Youth Panel, video No Comments →

School Uniform - brands and bling bling….

June 27, 2008 By: James Blake-Butler Category: School Uniform, Youth Panel, audio No Comments →

This is Hassan holding his design for school uniforms in 2020 - listen to his thoughts behind the design by clicking on the arrow below.

 
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Hassan on teachers and the school kettle.

June 27, 2008 By: James Blake-Butler Category: Green Schools, School Buildings, Youth Panel No Comments →

Hassan from Waverley School talked to us while he was peddling on a bike to try and get a kettle to boil. It was part of the session on future schools and the environment, which included suggestions like partnering with a neighbouring allotment, saving rainwater from school roof, growing hens and ducks to provide eggs for school meals.

Listen to Hassan on the bike:

 
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“Gates to show it’s secure..”

June 27, 2008 By: James Blake-Butler Category: Youth Panel No Comments →

To find our what inspired this design click the arrow below for a short description:

 
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Tubes to get through to your classes…

June 27, 2008 By: James Blake-Butler Category: School Buildings, Youth Panel No Comments →

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A train round the whole school….

June 27, 2008 By: James Blake-Butler Category: Youth Panel No Comments →

 
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What do we want our education to be in 2020?

June 25, 2008 By: admin Category: Future Learning, Green Schools, School Buildings, School Food, School Uniform, Youth Panel No Comments →

image from willrich on flickr

That’s the question Birmingham’s Youth Panel has set itself to examine at a conference of school pupils at Think Tank on Friday 27th June 2008.

100 or so people from the schools you see listed at the side of this blog post will start to think through how education might be reshaped for the children who follow them:

We’ll explore:

The Environmentally Friendly School: How will that work?
Future Learning: What will we learn and how will it be taught?
School Dinners: What part will food play in school life?
School Uniform: If yes what will it be like - if not why not?
School Building Design: How should schools look, where will they be
built?

This blog will report the day as it unfolds, capturing some of the ideas. Feel free to comment on anything to read, see of hear on this site.

The image above is from a meeting on the future of education and is drawn by “willrich” of the education blog weblogg-ed.com.