learning to lead and v-schools at wellsway
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- 1. v-Wellsway Bringing Learning to Life at The Heart of the Community ( C Cooke 2010 )
- 2. Proposal
- To apply the principals of v-Schools to Wellsway School
- 3. Aims
- To encourage students to help in the community.
- To teach them the value of being active and productive members of the school and the wider community.
- To promote Wellsway School and her students as the outstanding school at the heart of the community that it is.
- 4. Outcomes
- v-Wellsway intends to help students learn how to:
- Take action in the local communities
- Understand the Olympic Values in practice
- Learn and build on the importance of school and the wider community
- Teach young people how to strengthen their role in society by harnessing their time, talents and ideas
- 5. Benefits for Students
- An award after they have contributed x hours
- Gain valuable skills and learn about their communities
- Encourage them to become active citizens
- Cultivates a spirit of service
- Raises awareness about the needs of people from different sectors of society
- 6. Benefits for Wellsway
- Its free
- Its fun
- It creates a database of our schools achievement
- It further raises the profile of an Outstanding School in the Heart of the Community
- It celebrates students and the schools achievement
- It builds relationships with the local community
- It brings learning to life!
- 7. Background
- There is a lot of voluntary activity amongst students at Wellsway
- Students in Yrs 9 and 10 (now 10 and 11) did a survey for me over the summer term to show what is already happening
- Lots of enthusiasm from a range of students already
- v-Schools worked on a National Credit system and also existed as a database and agency for students doing or wanting to do voluntary work. 1 voluntary activity = 1 v-school credit.
- 8. Timescale
- To set up v-Schools with Learning To Lead. Initial work has already begun, and the Learning to Lead training days for staff are in February.
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