{"id":3450,"date":"2016-03-28T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T15:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2016-03-28T15:54:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T15:54:48","slug":"pupil-interest-groups-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/03\/28\/pupil-interest-groups-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Pupil Interest Groups Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Riverbank, the Primary 5 to Primary 7 classes participate in Pupil Interest Groups. These Groups aid in the running of the school and bring to fruition the ideas and suggestions that the pupils, themselves, would like to see developed in the school. The Pupil Council is one of these groups and it has members from Primary 1 to Primary 7. The children are elected to the Pupil Council through a secret ballot. For the other groups, the children can sign up to where their &#8216;interest&#8217; lies.<\/p>\n<p>The groups include the Pupil Council, as already mentioned, the RRSA Group, Gardening Group, Peer Mediators, Play Pals, Playground Improvement Group, School Newspaper Group, Library Group and the Eco Group. These groups meet every four to six weeks and the pupils bring to their groups things that they would like developed at Riverbank. Much of our playground equipment was bought when the children requested these items through the Playground Improvement Group and the Pupil Council. The Eco Group have organised Lights Out Days and this just gives a flavour of what our pupils are involved in.<\/p>\n<p>At a recent assembly, the groups reported to the whole school on the work they were involved in and reminded the pupils of how they can use these groups to make improvements at Riverbank. It was extremely interesting to find out what the pupils had been doing in their groups and how this was helping the whole school. So, if you have an idea that you would like to see put in place at Riverbank, contact one of these groups and share your idea!<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-3450-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1162.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3452&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1162&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Pupil Council asked their peers to \\u0026#8216;Keep Calm and Speak to Your Class Rep\\u0026#8217; .&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1164.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3454&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1164&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The RRSA Group spoke about all the things they have done including setting up displays in the community.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1165.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3455&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1165&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Playground Improvement Group seem to have carried out a grand job in getting equipment for the playground.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1167.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3457&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1167&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Play Pals and Peer Mediators did a rap to tell us about their duties. Yo!!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1171.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3458&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1171&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Gardening Group told us about our trugs.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1176.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3462&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1176&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Eco Group showed us a video about being environmentally friendly.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1177.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3463&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1177&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The video was enjoyed by everyone. Well done, folks!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1195.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3465&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1195&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Library Group showed photographs of the library before and after they had been in to tidy up.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1196.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3466&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1196&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;They explained about the new books they would like to buy and improvements they would like to make to the library.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/IMG_1202.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3469&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_1202&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Newspaper Group had big plans for a revamp of the school newspaper.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/03\/28\/pupil-interest-groups-update\/rights-respecting-school-new-logo-level-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rights-Respecting-School-New-Logo-Level-2.png?fit=1022%2C938&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1022,938\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rights Respecting School New Logo Level 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rights-Respecting-School-New-Logo-Level-2.png?fit=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rights-Respecting-School-New-Logo-Level-2.png?fit=800%2C734&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3471\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rights-Respecting-School-New-Logo-Level-2-150x150.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Rights Respecting School New Logo Level 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rights-Respecting-School-New-Logo-Level-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rights-Respecting-School-New-Logo-Level-2.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rights-Respecting-School-New-Logo-Level-2.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>UNCRC \/ RRSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 12 &#8211; Every child has the right to have a say in all matters affecting them, and to have their views taken seriously.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 13 &#8211; Every child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all kinds of information, as long as it is within the law.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 15 &#8211; Every child has the right to meet with other children and join groups and organisations, as long as this does not stop other people from enjoying their rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Riverbank, the Primary 5 to Primary 7 classes participate in Pupil Interest Groups. 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