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Jessica and Aaliyah from the C3 Group have visited Newland School for Girls to meet their Eco Committee. The students have been busy during the last year with various Eco projects. These have included collecting plastic bottle tops as part of the Schoolcycled project, reducing waste and ensuring students were using the correct bins. The students were also eager to share their work in developing a garden area with even more ideas for planting up different areas of the school. The students were delighted to be presented with C3 Eco Excellence in Schools Award.

Today, students from two of our Thrive Secondary Schools took part in the second stage of a major project at Hull University. A cross-faculty team, led by Dr Steven Forrest and Dr Aviv Kruglanski, is driving this vitally important piece of work, examining Climate Resilience  and Net Zero Solutions  for Hull. Students from Newland School for Girls and The Boulevard Academy were able to see their work from the first round of workshops displayed alongside the latest Dialogue Maps that have been commissioned for this project. They have been working alongside adults from a whole raft of organisations to further develop ideas. The university team will then use these to develop proposals to present to the key policymakers in Hull. Flooding is a particular issue that the city faces so, with climate change and rising sea levels, this is an essential piece of work. Our profound thanks go to our colleagues at Hull University for continuing to include our young people in this venture. It is also a clear demonstration of the Lundy Model working in an authentic way. Our students value the safe space , that the university provides so their voice  may be heard by the right audience,  and will lead to having an influence  on policy.

We have been delighted to welcome Dr Steven Forrest to Newland School for Girls for the first of the school-based Eco Games sessions. This follows on from the inaugural session at Hull University on 8th October, in which all ten of our schools attended. This project is to develop Eco Games, based around schools' campuses. Newland Students were fashioning their school's bespoke version of the game. Their ideas will be used to create a game that other students will be able to play. The game uses a decision-based scenario which promotes students discussing and agreeing on actions to mitigate climate hazards.

This week, our Thrive Student Congress met for their first session of the new school year, with a visit to the Criminology Department at Hull University. Lecturers, Mike and Gill led our session exploring the theme of Crime and Personal Safety. The session has been arranged as a direct result of young people's voices. In the national 'Make Your Mark' survey, one of the three top themes voted by Hull's Young People was 'Crime & Safety'. Indeed, personal safety has been part of the mandate of Eunice, Hull Young's Mayor, who is also one of our students. As part of an 18 strong congress of students from Kelvin Hall School, Newland School for Girls and The Boulevard Academy (our three secondary schools), Eunice and her colleagues explored main aspects of safety for young people in the city with Mike and Gill.We were also delighted to be joined by Ruth, who runs the Hull Young People's Parliament. The session included time in the department's crime scene room. Students now want to spread some of the key messages and advice from the session to students across all of our trust. They are currently working on how they are going to do this. This is an example of authentic voice and influence, utilising the expertise of our local university in order to help and support other young people in the city.

Dr Steven Forrest from Hull University has kindly sent the artwork boards from this year's 'Co-creating a Climate Ready Hull' exhibition to our participating schools. Thrive's three secondary schools of Kelvin Hall, Newland School for Girls and The Boulevard Academy, together with Chiltern & St. George's Primary schools took part in this authentic voice & influence project. Along with pamphlets and postcards, these boards will take pride of place in the five schools. It reflects this exciting project that we were invited by Hull University to join. Meanwhile, in the Brynmor Jones library at the university, more exhibition items are on display.

There is another chance to see the results of the wonderful project that our students were involved with, earlier this year. Kelvin Hall, Newland School for Girls and The Boulevard Academy students, accompanied by pupils from Chiltern and St. George's Primary Schools took part in this. The exhibition has moved to the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull. Examples of our students' contributions will soon be coming to the participating schools.

Newland School for Girls' Eco Committee met this afternoon for their C3 Eco-Excellence Workshop1. They have some wonderful ideas and plans around tackling litter, promoting healthy eating and making clothing through upcycling. Today was their first planning session, in which they put pen to paper and mind-mapped their initial ideas.

Students from Kelvin Hall and Newland School for Girls attended an 'Oh Yes, Net Zero' workshop at the University of Hull yesterday, working on solutions ideas for Net Zero. As well as being part of this brilliant initiative, it linked to the other research projects that Thrive has already been involved in, with our colleagues at the University. This is an excellent example of 'Student Agency' having actual and authentic influence on policymakers. The programme is run by Reckitts, Hull City Council, the University of Hull and Future Humber.

Students from some of our Thrive Schools are involved with Hull University Researchers, Dr Steven Forrest, Dr Aviv Kruglanski and their team in a major research project, looking at Climate Resilience and Net Zero solutions for Hull. On Tuesday, academics and members of different organisations took part in a workshop at the university to map out issues and possible solutions for this theme. Now is the turn of our students to give their input. Yesterday, Newland School for Girls hosted the first of the school workshops with students undertaking some brilliant work. They provided some quite wonderful and innovative solutions.