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.