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How are you feeling? Have your say in a national survey
Have you been feeling unwell for a long time? Have you got a disability? Then now is your chance to share your views in a national survey. The survey is about how being ill or disabled affects your life. It asks questions like: – Do you have enough time with your friends? – How is [...]
The day that aliens from outer space visited our Pupil Council
Looking for examples of democracy in action, aliens from space are visiting pupil councils at schools around the country. Don’t believe me? Check out this comic Councils of the Galaxy, pictured below. Children in Scotland – the organisation that made the comic – has sent a copy of it to every school in Scotland. So [...]
Love storybooks but find reading hard? Maybe you need a reading buddy!
Lots of people find reading hard. It’s really important to tell your teacher or your parents if you’re getting stuck with reading. You may need some extra help. There are different ways you can get help with reading. One thing that can help is having a reading buddy. Reading buddying is where an older pupil [...]
Author Lynne Rickards talks to Enquire about Pink penguins and other wonders
Hello there blog readers, How’s school going? Looking forward to half term break? Last week I met up with Lynne Rickards, her daughter Anna and her son Cameron. Lynne has written some awesome books for children. Her latest book is called Pink. It’s about a Penguin called Patrick who wakes up one morning to find [...]
Feeling down in the dumps at school?
What do these famous people have in common? Drew Barrymore Jim Carrey Kurt Cobain from Nirvana They’ve all had depression at some point in their lives. Some people think that ‘mental health’ is just something other people have. But we ALL have mental health – its to do with how we feel inside, and that [...]
What does bullying mean to you? Respect Me competition
Hello there blog readers, How are you? I am just back from lovely holiday in France. Thought I would blog about Anti-Bullying Week, which will be from 16-20 November. Respectme and the Scottish Government are running a competition for young people between the ages of 9 and 16. The theme of the competition is ‘What bullying means to [...]
If you could visit the Parliament and ask a politician a question, what would you ask?
Got a burning question for a politician about issues that are affecting you and your mates’ lives? Now is your chance to ask it! This Friday, 21 August at 2pm, Young People’s Question Time will be hosted at the Scottish Parliament. You can find out more and book tickets on the Festival of Politics website. [...]
Alcohol culture in Scotland… let’s get it sorted
Peer pressure, stress at school, isolation … these were just some of the issues about alcohol that came up in a podcast I did last week with Siobhan, one of the young people on the Youth Commission on Alcohol. The Commission is a group of young people from different parts of Scotland who are looking [...]
What does it mean to you to be young and Scottish?
Dear blog readers How nice is this summer sunshine? Roll on the holidays… The Scottish Youth Parliament are doing a debate at the Edinburgh Book Festival about Scottish Youth Identity. What does it mean to be young and Scottish? Is Scottish youth culture changing? To get people thinking, the Youth Parliament have made a film with different [...]
Do you like taking photos? This competition may be just your thing.
Do you like taking photos? See Me have a competition that may be perfect for you! See Me is the national campaign to stop stigma against people with mental health issues. So what is stigma? See Me say that its about ‘being avoided, ignored, talked about, laughed at or bullied’ all because your mental health [...]
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