What it is: A pilot project for primary school childrenGoals: To get pupils more actively involved in their schoolingFunding: Around 15,000 from Oxfordshire Children's FundContact: Street Dreams, 01494 550 286
Little Brother is an initiative inspired by TV's Big Brother. Theproject uses video recordings and a web site to help seven- to10-year-olds have more say in their education.
Street Dreams, a voluntary group that works to improve relations betweenchildren and the community, decided that using the TV show as a basisfor the project could provide the ideal way to help disadvantaged pupilsin two Oxfordshire schools to tell teachers what they want.
In a take-off of Big Brother's diary room, the children tell a videocamera their thoughts on everything from uniforms to homework andbullying.
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