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School Council conference Friday 16 October 2009 14 Tower Hamlets Secondary School came together to celebrate Local Democracy Week 2009!

School Council conference Friday 16 October 2009 – Local Democracy Week The Young Mayors, Uma Akther invited all the secoindary students of Tower Hamlets school councils to join her and her team in the Tower Hamlets School Council Conference of 2009. We had an exciting day of activities in store including: Spending £160,000 on local services through participatory budgeting Building the first Tower Hamlets school council charter Question and Answer with the Young Mayors and Council members Surprise celebrity key note speaker, Donald Maynard.
You can also check out what Primary schools have done! To watch the video clips you will need quicktime, click here to download. For teaching materials based on the children's courts click here.

Q1: Has there been a time when you were not heard?	Q2: How does a 200 year old constitution work with an evolving society and issues like terrorism and global warming?

Q3: What is the best way to include equality between social and ethnic groups?	Q4: When did Barack Obama decide he wanted to be president?

Q5: How do you persuade someone to change their opinion?	Q6: What happens when a senator passes a law thta clashes with the constitution?

Q7: Where do you get funding to fight for human rights?	Q8: How can we raise money?

Q9: What was the toughest job you had to do?	Q10: What has Barack Obama changed since he has been president?

Q11: How do you get your point accross when others don't want to hear it?	Q12: How much is Barack Obama paid?

Q13: When a school counciler makes a decision how can the person responsible be made acountable?	Q14: Is democracy for youth a good idea?
Check out what Primary schools have done!

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