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.