Walsall Bite size is now live

Check out Walsall Bitesize and try out one of the free courses available to everyone in Walsall. There are over 450 to choose from. Have a go today on www.walsallbitesize.com

Young voice panels supporting Building Schools for the Future

BSF 7 Up panel
The Transforming Learning in Walsall Programme has established small panels of young people to support the Building Schools for the Future programme.
Pupils from Joseph Leckie Community Technology College toured every inch of their school taking photographs of what's hot - or not - to help shape plans.
Officers from Walsall Council want to make sure young people are involved in the project throughout and so have set up these special panels in each BSF school involving pupils from year 7 and local primary schools.
The BSF 7-Up panels will be consulted every step of the way in the programme, from the initial design stage through to construction stage, with the first of the redesigned schools due to open in 2014.
Consultation will be undertaken with wider groups of young people but the 7 up group will be taken through the whole Building Schools for the Future journey from start to finish.
Pictures and the views from the BSF 7 Up groups will be recorded on this website and will provide a pictorial journey for the programme.
Cabinet member for children's services Cllr Rachel Walker said: "It is crucial young people are involved in what is a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform learning. We want to hear what they have to say about their environments and we will take their ideas and suggestions on board."

Walsall Young People's Directory

Find out everything you need to know about Walsall's many events, attractions and available services for young people, parents and professionals on the Walsall Young People's Directory
http://csd.webxpress.com/

Have your say on sports and recreation

Young people and residents in Walsall are being asked what they think of the borough's open spaces, sports and recreatation facilities. The Council wants to know your views on leisure centres, parks, open areas, sports pitches and children's play areas. They want to know what you think of the local facilities and open spaces you use. They want to know of there are enough in your local area, if they offer high quality facilities, reasons why you use these or do not use them and what would you like to see in the future. This information will help to shape future plans and will be used to support decisions about improvements.
View the consultation at www.strategicleisure.co.uk/walsall.htm

Is Twitter for the over 30's?

Twitter is being used by celebraties and pop stars to tweet their news. Are you using it or is Twitter only for parents?

Exciting new report from Shelfield Community Academy

Pupils at Shelfield Community Academy have been doing some great design work to support their school. See what they had to say in their Design Brief and let us know what you think about their fantastic ideas.


http://www.walsall.gov.uk/bsfindex/bsf-academies/shelfield_academy.htm

Text messaging here to stay

Did you know? The number of text messages sent and received every day exceeds the population of the planet.
How do you think your mobile can be used more within schools to help you learn?

What would you like your classroom to look like in the future?

Hasta La Vista to the Textbook

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California Governor, has a plan to save money in his state by phasing out textbooks to encourage the use of online e media for homework. What do you think? He says that by converting to online study more pupils would be kept up to date.
He also said that using Facebook, Twitter and downloading to portable devices are the way forward and that textbooks are not outdated.

Joseph Leckie School New Building

This is a picture of Joseph Leckie's new Coline Beilby building. What do you think?