Lewisham Young Citizens Internet Project

Questionnaire Teaching Materials BackgroundMaterials:     Bullying     Racism Online Bullying Debate Questionnaire Results:     1997     1998     1999     2000 Comparison of Results:     97/98/99/00 Video Conference 6/98 Democracy Day 1998 Video Conference 10/98 Conference 1999

Please Note: this is an archived resource which was last updated in October 2000 and is no longer maintained. For a more up to date eDemocracy Project please visit the Sage Educational Trust web site at: http://sageeducationaltrust.org/edemocracy/ http://sageeducationaltrust.org/mini_projects 1997 Children from Monson School designed a questionnaire to find out what children know about Lewisham Council and the issues that concern and interest them. Year 6 children from Rushey Green helped to evaluate several drafts of the questionnaire. During June and July 1997, children from eight primary schools across the borough filled in the Lewisham Listens to Young People questionnaire on the Internet. The results for 1997 can be viewed here. 1998 Teaching Materials were developed. The project ran again in February/March 1998. This time 442 young people from 14 Lewisham primary schools and 3 Lewisham secondary schools took part. It is possible to look at a direct comparison between the results from 1997 and 1998. Go to questionnaire Results 1998 Comparison 97/98 Democracy Day - June 3rd 1998. Children from St John Baptist Primary School were involved in a videoconference with young people from Ronneby in Sweden and Bologna in Italy. Children from Marvels Lane Primary, Forster Park Primary and Rushey Green Primary were invited to question the Leader of Lewisham Council, Dave Sullivan, and the Director of Lewisham Education, Althea Efunshile. Read what they have to say about their experience 23rd October 1998 Pupils from Catford County Girls School were involved in a videoconference with young people from Ronneby in Sweden and Bologna in Italy. 15th December 1998 Online Bullying Debate - pupils from Lewisham schools sent messages to be answered by Dr Bully. Debates Pages Look at background materials on bullying. Look at background materials on racism. Read the discussion and add your own opinion. 1999 The questionnaire was updated by Year 6 children from Marvels Lane Primary School. Questions specifically for Year 7 pupils were written and added by pupils from Catford County Girls School. The questionnaire was live during May and June. There were 608 responses from 23 schools. Results 1999 Comparison 97/98/99 24th May 1999 Classes from six schools attend the Lewisham Young Citizens Conference at the Town Hall. 2000 Results 2000 Comparison 97/98/99/00 If you wish to discuss anything on these pages please contact Lynne Heavens Main menu | Questionnaire | Results 1997 | Results 1998 | Results 1999 | Results 2000 | Comparison 97/98/99/00 | Teaching Materials | Democracy Day | Video Conference1 | Video Conference2 | Conference 99 | Debates - Racism, Bullying | This page last updated: 7/9/2000