School Council Network Meeting 22 March 2018 Session 3

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How? When? What? SADIQ KHAN Term: 9 May 2016 MAYOR OF LONDON Salary: £146,804

The Mayor's role as the executive of London's strategic authority is to promote economic development and wealth creation, social development, and improvement of the environment. The Mayor also has various other duties in relation to culture and tourism, including responsibility for Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square. Sadiq is a big sports fan, especially football, boxing and cricket.

 Sadiq Khan was born in London and has lived here all his life.  His parents moved to London from Pakistan in the 1960s.  He was state-school educated in Tooting before studying Law at the University of North London.  He has a wife and two daughters.  Sadiq became a solicitor specialising in human rights  2005 he was elected MP for Tooting.  2008 appointed Minister of State for Communities and later became Minister of State for Transport  The first Muslim and the first Asian to attend Cabinet. He was also the Crossrail Minister.  2013 Sadiq was appointed Shadow Minister for London,  2015 he led the Labour Party campaign in London in the General Election.  2014 He ran the London Marathon, raising money for the Evening Standard's Fund. Thank you for you for organising the questionnaires in your school?

1. What is good about living in Islington? 2. What concerns or worries are important to you as a child living in Islington? 3. If you could change one thing living in Islington what would it be? 4. Would you recommend Islington to a friend as Today we will be looking at, a good place for a child to live? (1 being no and discussing and thinking about what 10 being totally yes) we found out…

1. Why?

5. Who is an inspiring person to you in Islington and why? What is good about Living in Islington? What concerns or worries do you have as a child living in Islington? If you could change one thing in Islington what would it be? Recommending Islington as a place to live… 1 – totally no, 10 totally yes.

Mean/Average = 6 What are we going to do about what we have found out?

How will we do it? What if…? you had the chance…. Something interesting happened when we asked you about inspiring people from Islington…

You said…. family, teachers, people at school

A network challenge… how many can we find? Here a few to get you started. Kate Blanchett, Tony Blair, Helena Bonham-Carter, Heath Ledger, Emma Watson, Neve Campbell, James McAvoy, George Orwell, of 1984 fame, lived in both Lawford Road and Canonbury Square Natalie Cassidy from EastEnders has a home here. She went to Hanover school. Gary and Martin Kemp, the guys from Spandau Ballet, were born and raised in Islington…as was Tony Hadley, lead singer in the band Edmund Halley, Astronomer Royal and the chap who first discovered Halley’s Comet, was a resident from 1865. Salman Rushdie, No.13 on the The Times list of the 50 greatest British authors since 1945, lived in these parts for some time Yusuf Islam, better known to most as Cat Stevens, called Islington home…. NEXT: we will collate all the information from today and send it to you, along with the PowerPoint and some photos. Don’t forget to:  keep talking and thinking about your ideas  share the information from today with everyone back at school.  Find out about people from Islington, past and present who inspire you

Thank you all for coming along. We look forward to seeing you all again in the summer.

School Council Network Meeting 22 March 2018 Session 3 24th March 2018: Photos 24th March 2018: Outcomes from the 22 March session. If we had the chance we would like to ask our councillors….

1. How are you going to reduce knife crime in London so we as children can feel safe? 2. What are you doing about gang crime in London so children feel safer? 3. We need more safe space for children in London such as community centres, football clubs, arts programs. What are you going to do about it? 4. What are you going to do about the lack of prison space in London? 5. What are your plans to reduce air pollution in London? 6. What are your plans to reduce littering in London? 7. Why does racism still exist today and what are your plans to fight it?