Application summary
Thanks for entering the Speaker's School Council Awards. Your application summary is below.
| What was your project called? Annual fundraising |
| What was your project mainly trying to improve? Getting more people involved |
| How do you know that your project was great? We talked about it in class/form council meetings It was fun |
| How did you know students in your school wanted it to happen? Class/form councils talked about it We asked people around school/college We knew everyone would like it Teachers said everyone would like it Loads of people wanted to help with it |
| What age were the students who did most of the work on this project? 7-11 |
| How many people worked on this project? Students on the school/college council Helped a lot: 4-10 Helped a little: 0 Students not on the school/college council Helped a lot: 51-100 Helped a little: 0 Students who don't normally get involved with anything Helped a lot: 4-10 Helped a little: 0 School/college staff Helped a lot: 11-20 Helped a little: 1-3 Other adults Helped a lot: 1-3 Helped a little: 51-100 |
| Was your project done in partnership with any other schools? No |
| Who came up with the idea for this project? A member of the school/college council |
| Tell us what your project was about Our project was focused on helping people all over the world and getting as many people as possible involved with our fundrasing event's such as Children in need, Comic relief and The salvation army. For each charity we held a different event ,for Children in need we came dressed as cowboys and indian's and had a bun sale we raised in total £271.05 which was all donated to the charity. For comic relief we came in non-uniform and held a talent competition. We raised approximatley £171.00 which again was all donated to Comic relief. However at the end of 2012 we decided to take part in something a little bit different ,we donated 113 christmas shoe boxes to The Salvation Army and every person in william booth house recieved one of our christmas gifts also we donated approximately £71 to the charity aswell. |
| Describe the change(s) your project brought about Our project helped people all over the world with poverty and illness, we feel we raised an incredible amount of money for lot's of life changing charities and everyone enjoyed it equally. |
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| A view from a student on why this was a great project We've all been there as a student, we've been told to do a bit of work in silence, say making a powerpoint on the computer or something or finishing off a piece of coursework. Before this would be done in complete silence, which is boring for the student who, over time, grows weary of this dull tedium and so does not put effort into what he or she is doing. Giving students the choice to listen to music, with the teachers permission, combines the joy of listening to ones own music with the school work that needs doing. This gives the student motivation to power on through the piece of work with enthusiasm, a personal favorite of mine is the show must go on by Queen |
| Student's name Martin Cussons | Student's age 17 |
| A view from an adult on why this was a great project I have known some students to lack enthusiasm when presented with a silent work task but when they are given the opportunity to listen to music, their entire work ethic has changed around. Some psychological studies have shown the beneficial effect of listening to music whilst doing work and so giving our students the opportunity to listen to music is a real step forward for education |
| Adult's full name Sue Woollard |
| Relationship to your project Teacher present in whole school meeting |
| How many people in your school/college do you think the project made a difference to? A lot of people (like a year group) |
| Describe who was most affected by the project at your school or college The main group affected would probably be art students who do a lot of private work on various art pieces |
| How many people who don't go to or work at your school/college did this project make a difference to? None |
| Describe who was affected by your project outside your school or college |
| How much difference do you think your project made to everyone it affected? Loads |
