Digital Wellbeing: Year 8 pupils Appointed as BootStRaP Ambassadors
We are proud to announce that Ishaan P and Annie L (Year 8) have been selected as our school’s Student Ambassadors for the BootStRaP project this year. This major European initiative involves nine countries and focuses on understanding young people’s internet usage and digital habits.
To kick off their new roles, Ishaan and Annie, accompanied by Miss Smith, attended a special Teacher and Student Ambassador workshop at the University of Hertfordshire on Friday 28th November. Our pupils joined peers from six other participating schools for a day dedicated to collaboration and research. The group, comprising 19 pupils, eight teachers, and nine researchers, spent the day defining what it means to be an ambassador and getting to know one another.
The workshop began with an interactive discussion led by Principal Investigator Professor Naomi Fineberg. Ishaan and Annie engaged deeply with the topic, asking thoughtful and challenging questions. It proved to be a valuable two way exchange of knowledge, as researchers shared their scientific expertise while learning directly from the students about their lived experiences with mobile phones.
As part of our ongoing involvement in the project, we look forward to welcoming Dr Helen Munro Wild and members of the research team to the school early in the New Year. They will be speaking to us about further opportunities to get involved with the study. In the meantime, if you are interested in learning more about the project’s goals, please visit