Some of the 90 children who took part in the skills day at Solihull College
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won £350 out of a potential £500, by presenting their F1 team as a
TIP: If you do manage to set up projects like this, organise school trips to visit your sponsors and have the children By recording which parts were most relevant, you can make improvements and can show a sponsor how valuable their input is and what impact it has parents how your school goes the extra mile, and to demonstrate to Ofsted how
of its employees, Ian Dunning, to help guide the teams, and Solihull College gave us a tour of their engineering centre’s aeronautical section, which included getting on Oh, and they also allowed us to test the cars in a wind tunnel – now how many eight-year-olds can say they’ve done that? If that wasn’t enough, they also offered to print
around quickly – I had been keeping sponsors updated as to the progress The effect of the input from
sponsors was amazing and elevated the teams to new heights, with one winning the Regional Final and Some of the sponsors were even there on the day to support their The whole project was a huge
success, the learning and enjoyment
Then make a list of all the resources and money you need and start to look at who could help, including parents, sponsors, local businesses, Use the following acronyms to
Year 3 pupils inspecting a £40,000 toolkit
help steer your propsal: TED: Tell them, Explain to them, D FAB: Feature – it is a D&T project, so link the project to the company’s Advantage – it’s linked to F1 B F1 team for just £150! Remember, you will know all
the children experienced will stay with them forever and, as an aside, Just to round the story off, another
school sponsor came forward, having seen the blog, tweets and publicity, to say he had the keys for Silverstone! So, as a treat for the winners we had a money-can’t-buy tour of the home of British racing with access to all areas – they even met the Ferrari team!
Call to action I know that it may not be possible for every school to replicate this experience but by asking the question of potential sponsors, using this as an example of what can been achieved, getting involved with your local college or university you just never know… you might even eclipse this! I am now in my third year running
this project and both the children and sponsors cannot wait for it
about your project, so the hard part is getting your potential sponsor to understand it, and that includes the potential impact on children The better you can explain this,
Coming next issue... In the summer issue of FundEd (out 17 May) Howard shares his secrets for building long-lasting relationships – from picking the right partner to delivering on agreed outcomes.
Howard Rose is Director of Funding and Publicity at Balsall Common Primary School. He secures grants, sponsorship and support from businesses to enhance teaching and learning. In 2015, he won a Chambers of Commerce Education and Business Partnership Award.
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