The Wave

Political Success for Youngster in South Derbyshire
Saturday 19th March 2016, marked the day where the
2016-2018 Derbyshire Youth Council had their first ever
conference as a newly elected Youth Council. This was
held at Matlock County Hall in Matlock and was run by the
Youth Council lead Ruth Peat. The day consisted of ice
breakers to get to know one another and outlining the
roles and responsibilities that the elected Youth Council
had to fulfil and stick to during their two-year term of office.
The main focus of the day was to elect a new group of
representatives for the UK Youth Parliament, who would
be known as Members of Youth Parliament (MYP’s) and
Deputy Members of Youth Parliament (DMYP’s). In order
to be elected onto the UK Youth Parliament, you were
asked to create a short speech outlining why you would be
the perfect candidate for this role. After an hour or two of
speech writing, around 25 members of the Youth Council
stood for election, hoping to grab one of the eight available
positions to represent Derbyshire on the UK Youth
Parliament. A Year 11 student from the William Allitt
School called Samantha-Rose Beacham and a Year 8
student from John Port School called Luke Harrison stood
for election onto the UK Youth Parliament. After an hour of
delivering speeches and counting votes, the 8 members of
Youth Parliament were decided. The 4 elected MYP’s for
Derbyshire are: Oliver Scheidt, Lawrence Felipe, Rosie
Glossop and Callum Ellis. The 4 elected DMYP’s for
Derbyshire are: Samantha-Rose Beacham, Ivan Zailac,
Regan Till and Thomas Crowbert.
For more news and information on what the Derbyshire
Youth Council does, please visit: http://
derbyshireyouthinc.com/something_to_say/
Maths Mentoring
Our early morning Maths mentoring
continues to take place twice a week
in the Senior Hall. The mentoring
sessions sees our Year 10 and Year
11 students helping our Year 7 and 8
students with their mathematics skills.
Samantha Beecham - Year 11 student, Derbyshire Youth
Council Representative 2014-2018, Deputy Member of
Youth Parliament 2016-2018.
‘‘Waste Watchers’ comes to William Allitt
‘The Waste Watchers’ performed by Gibber and commissioned by Derbyshire County Council came
to The William Allitt in March and worked with all the Year 8 students. ‘The Waste Watchers’ was a
50 minute contemporary performance full of high energy, interactive performance that used humour,
music, multi-media and popular culture to engage, inspire and instil a sense of respect and
responsibility to manage waste more efficiently, as well as consider the wider environmental impact.
This a performance that the students thoroughly enjoyed and found very engaging. The student’s
then participated in an interactive workshop, which included practical hands on activities. The main
focus of this was on the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle message. The students were highly engaged with
the activities and found it most informative. We hope that the students remember apply the Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle in their lives and continue to develop as active citizens.
Miss J Wildey – Teacher of Citizenship & PSHE.
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