LO4: Theatre in Education workshop at Browick Road

Today we went to Browick Road Primary School to do a theatre in education (TIE) workshop with the yr2 children about sharing and donating. I think the workshop went well but some of the children did not behave perfectly maybe making the workshop less successful than it could have been. When in separate groups the children behaved better and more ideas could be put across to them. Unfortunately the children did not bring in anything to donate to our charity shops, mainly because, I think, it is the wrong time of year to put across a campaign of this type:

You may think that this time of year would be perfect for a donating campaign – mums want to clear their cupboards for Christmas in order for new presents and toys to come in and take their place. BUT if you think about it, with so many campaigns saying the same thing, how can they chose which campaign to go to – the school jumble sale? The charity shop down the road? The donation bags that get posted through your door? With many options it will be hard for us to get many donations.

So gathering donations hasn’t been very successful but where I think we have thrived is in spreading the message that donating should happen, and with good quality contributions. All of the children’s parents seemed to donate anyway but we ran a quick survey at the end and all of the children enjoyed the workshop and said they had learnt something. One child said: ‘I learnt not to chuck stuff away but to give it to people who need it more’. So although gathering donations was unsuccessful, spreading a good word and raising awareness was done effectively and productively.

LO4: Re-thinking things slightly...

For me, asking the students at our school to donate was never really going to work. Most pupils of our age at the school think that they’re ‘too cool’ to donate to charity shops.

We needed to think of a new plan. Finally we came up with the idea of asking teachers as well as the students to donate. On the plus, now Christmas is coming up it is a great time to donate unwanted items to charity. Therefore we have created a new poster that’s designed more for Adults and…

-         put posters up in staff rooms to let teachers know

-         put fliers in form boxes to be read out to all students

-         sent an email to all WHS staff letting them know what we are doing and how they can donate

We are now hoping that this will bring in more donations and speed up the process of gathering enough donations.

LO4: Reflecting on the trip into town

Today we went into town to visit our campaign charity shops. Our campaign charity shop is EACH, Quidenham Children’s Hospice.

Everyone in the shop was really helpful and we found out a lot about the shop:

o     They need a variety of donations – everything!

-        Toys

-        Clothes

-        Ornaments

-        Curtains

-        Books

-        Etc.

o     They take electrical goods – most charity shops do not take these

o     They are very encouraging towards gift aid. Gift aid means that for every pound they get they would get 28p more. It is only for UK tax payers

LO4:How am I getting on? - Campaign

I think I am getting on well with the tasks given so far. I am a confident person so I don't mind speaking aloud and making phone calls which I think is key for the campaign module. I am looking forward to working with the individual charity shops and am enjoying it all so far.

Learning Objective 4 - Campaign

Throughout the process of planning and creating my artefact I must regularly monitor my own activity and examine my achievements and aims.

I must ask myself, am I achieving what I set out to achieve? If not, why not?

I will need to:

o    Examine where I succeed and where I don’t

o    Consider my areas for improvement

o    Alter my intentions and plans where necessary in order to achieve my aims

At the end of the project I should think about what I have learnt and how I can put this learning into use for the next project.