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BSGC Student Voice

Introduction

The Student Voice initiative offers the opportunity for all students to gain leadership experience and team spirit through their engagement in team projects that improve their school and wider communities. All teams receive training to work together, make plans and run meetings and activities to achieve their goals.

Student Voice projects can range across various fields, such as: Environmental, Fundraising/ Charity, School development/ Current student issues and Equality (bullying, racism, LGBT, sexism…).

‘Link Teachers’ give guidance to the team and support them with administrative tasks, while students take on a range of roles within their project teams. The Student Voice Student Coordinator, who is the face of Student Voice at the BSGC, has a key role in ensuring teams achieve their goals. This is an important leadership position of responsibility within the student community.

Alongside the weekly meetings, the termly Forum brings together all the members of the project teams, the link teachers and the Student Voice Coordinator to communicate the ongoing work of the project teams, share ideas and discuss any issues, concerns or interests that relate to the work of the team members.

The Student Voice Coordinator and the facilitators of each Project Team hold regular meetings with the school’s Head, to deliver status updates and discuss new projects ideas.

Projects

  • In Depth training in the Student Voice processes and aims
  • Hallowe´en “Haunted House” event
  • Bake sale, Christmas clothes day and Second Hand book sale to raise money to support a school in Tanzania
  • Kindness wall
  • Dulce Navidad Food bank collection
  • Second hand uniform sale for Las Aldeas Infantiles

Previous Years

2022-2023
Date Event/ Project Beneficiaries Project teams
Term 1 Halloween fancy Dress ACCM (Asociación Canaria Cancer de Mama) Fundraising and Charity
265,83 euros
Term 1 Cookies Gramms UNICEF Fundraising and Charity
380,30 €
Term 1 Food collection Banco de Alimentos de Las Palmas Fundraising and Charity
Term 1 Shoe Box   EC+ Fundraising and Charity
Term 1 Fantasy League ADACEA Asociación de Daño Cerebral Adquirido de Jaén School Development
Term 2 Second Hand Uniform sale   Fundraising + Environmental Teams
Term 2 Book exchange   School Development
All Year Planting in the garden   Environmental Team
Terms 1 and 2 Plastic vs Us   Environmental Team

 

2021-2022
Date Event/ Project Beneficiaries Project teams
Term 1 New benches by Rubber tree   School Development
Term 1  La Palma Fundraiser Victims of the volcano eruption in La Palma House Captains + Fundraising and Charity
3881.95 euros
Term 1 Halloween Decorations   Equaliteam
Term 1 Halloween fancy Dress   Fundraising and Charity
Term 1 Cookies Grams Cruz Roja- Children in Need Fundraising and Charity 
Term 1 Dulce Navidad Banco de Alimentos de Las Palmas Fundraising and Charity
Term 1 Shoe Box Todosuma Canarias EC+ Fundraising and Charity
Solidarity of the South Eas 
Proyecto Vecinal de Alimentos de Mogan 
Term 2  Valentine’s Day Photo Booth Amigos Contra El Sida Fundraising and Charity
215 euros
Term 2 Ukraine Fundraiser Save the Children Fundraising and Charity
(Carnival) 682.20 euros
Term 3 Food Collection Banco de Alimentos Fundraising and Charity
All Year Planting in the garden   Environmental Team
All Year  Recycling Rota   Environmental Team
Term 3 New Recycling bins   Environmental Team
Term 3 Whole school quiz after Beach clean-up trip for Enrichment Week   Environmental Trip

 

2020-2021
Date Event/ Project Beneficiaries Project teams
Term 1 Carnival Fundraiser Asociación Yolihuani Guatemala Fundraising and Charity
Term 1 Cookies Grams Hospital San Juan de Dios Fundraising and Charity 
Term 1 Dulce Navidad Banco de Alimentos de Las Palmas Fundraising and Charity
Term 1 Shoe Box Todosuma Canarias EC+ Fundraising and Charity
Solidarity of the South Eas 
Proyecto Vecinal de Alimentos de Mogan 
Term 2 Animal Shelter Donations Asociación en Defensa de los Animales de Gran Canaria Fundraising and Charity
Term 2 Carnival Fundraiser Colectivo GAMA (LGBTQ+ organisation) Equaliteam
Term 3 Día de Canarias Raffle Red Cross’s refugee program Fundraising and Charity
Term 3 Earth Day   Environmental Team
All Year  Recycling Rota   Environmental Team
Term 3 Blinds and fans around the school   School Development

 

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Maspalomas

The British School of Gran Canaria. Private non-profit school following the UK Curriculum. Providing Education for pupils from 3 to 18. Our school is committed to providing a challenging, fulfilling and encompassing educational experience to all our students.