RED NOSE DAY Assembly corner to raise millions


group explaining what Red Nose Day is and where the money goes, and then set some rules around student fundraising activities to avoid inappropriate fancy dress or activities.


Whatever you do in your school for Red Nose Day, you can rest assured that you and your students have done an amazing thing. The money you raise really does make a massive difference to people living incredibly tough lives. With over half of


the world’s population of


children still not able to go to school and get the education they need, Comic Relief is working hard to improve that situation and last year it supported at least 72,437 children to access education. And with schools raising over £7.5 million in 2009 alone, we know it


is the efforts of schools


fundraising here in the UK that have played a huge part in supporting those children into education.


It is the combination of the serious and the comedy that makes Red Nose Day unique. As one teacher put


it debated, raged, argued, in 2009,


through taking part in Red Nose Day and learning about the work of Comic Relief, “the kids have laughed, cried, questioned, challenged,


fundraised, joked and had a wonderfully empowering week”.


Whether you choose to get your management team to bathe in a bath of beans, hold a comedy night or organise a bake sale, the money raised in your school really will change lives.


SecEd


• Martha Jennings is the schools and youth fundraising co-ordinator for Comic Relief.


Further information


• www.rednoseday.com/rednosesforschools • www.rednoseday.com/assemblies • www.rednoseday.com/teachers


“A child educated only at school is an uneducated


child.” George Santayana (1863-1952), Spanish philosopher, poet, novelist


“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”


Derek Bok (1930-), American lawyer and educator


“It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.”


Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American author and historian


“Education is not received. It is achieved.”


Anonymous


“Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.”


Henry Peter Broughan (1778-1868), Parliamentarian who served as British Lord Chancellor


“My education was


interrupted only by my schooling”


Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British prime minister (1940-45 and 1951-55)


Submit your assembly quotes by emailing pete.h@markallengroup.com


Kathy’s top tip for getting involved in Red Nose Day on such a grand scale is to start planning School in Her t fordshi re. An English teacher and charity


co-ordinator, she has engaged the whole staff and student body in a vast array of activities over the past few Red Nose Days.


In 2009, Parmiters raised £11,000. Starting in


February, staff held assemblies for the whole school to explain about where money raised through Red Nose Day goes, using films and information available from the assemblies section of the website. The week before Red Nose Day, excitement started to mount as the school hosted a disco for years 7 and 8 and a “Battle of the Bands” night for years 9, 10 and 11. Meanwhile, staff were busy rehearsing for “Staff


Strictly Come Dancing” having been paired up in late January ready to perform in front of the senior management team and hundreds of students who had paid to watch. In addition to these key activities, Kathy organised


a bake sale, sold Red Noses through the Red Noses for Schools scheme and many of the students organised their own sponsored events including breaking the world record for the longest handshake. Parmiters takes part in Red Nose Day because it


fits well with the school ethos of learning outside the classroom, they value the opportunity it gives their students to look at the wider world and learn about young people from different countries and backgrounds who have not got the same opportunities as themselves. “Our students are very aware of what Red Nose Day


is about and where the money goes,” Kathy explained, “and this is key motivator for them getting involved.” So what’s in store for Parmiters in 2011? Kathy has


already paired up the “Staff Strictly Come Dancing” teams once again and decided that this year’s world record to break will be the most number of people gargling mouthwash at the same time. She’s also organising a Staff Bake Off where the


students get to judge the best cake, and next week the senior management team is filming a “Staff Apprentice” where they will be split into two teams, set a task and the headteacher will be “firing” the losing team. The film will be shown in school with students paying to see it.


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staff and the entire student population. The school also sets a fundraising target which is a fantastic way to produce a real team spirit in the school and spark up the students’ competitive streak.


Getting something back for their money is also


an important factor in getting students engaged in fundraising, whether that is a “warm fuzzy feeling” for knowing that they have donated to a good cause, the knowledge they have broken a world record, or an actual physical item – be it a cake or a Red Nose. Vicki Blackburn, deputy head of PE at Brentside


High School in London, is another teacher who has organised non-uniform days and cake sales for Red Nose Day. In 2009, her school raised over £1,600 with the


main organised activities being a student versus teacher basketball match and a “Guess the teacher from their baby photo” competition. Brentside takes part in Red Nose Day because it engages their students, they look forward to the day and it unites both students and teachers in an important cause. Vicki’s key steps for organising a successful


Red Nose Day are to get headteacher and senior management support, run an assembly for each year


questioned, challenged, debated, raged, argued, fundraised, joked and had a wonderfully empowering week


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The kids have laughed, cried,


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