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Here’s what to do, step by step:

preparation


Read through our proposed Active Ideas so that you are clear what they are about.

school council/forum meeting


Talk about and plan how you will find out what other children and adults in your school or group think about the Active Ideas we have suggested. Your first question could be: ‘How will we encourage everyone to join in and help us to come up with some fantastic ideas?’. You’ll find more help in In the school council/forum.

plan your consultation


Decide who is doing what. Team member jobs will help you with your decisions. Use the Planner to plan your consultation step by step.

promotion


You need to think about how you are going to tell people about the consultation. You could ask your headteacher or group leader whether you can talk to the other children and teachers about the Active Ideas in assembly soon. Remember the closing date is 23 May. There is more help in Assembly. Have a look at Promotion for ideas how to promote your project.

our active ideas


Spend time during school council/forum meetings thinking about each of the ideas in turn. There's an Active Ideas presentation you could use. Think about how the ideas would work, and perhaps how you would change or develop them. Or you might have a completely new idea for Active Kids. Then ask your council/forum reps to talk them through with their classmates and teachers or group leaders. You could use our Questionnaire to help you find out what everyone wants.

your own active ideas

Look at the results from the questionnaires. Compare the answers to each question and write down the favourite ones. Start developing your ideas from there.

consultation


Ask your council/forum reps to take the ideas you've developed back to their classes. Ask your teachers or group leaders if all the children can spend some time, perhaps in PSHE/PSE/PSD, thinking and talking about these ideas and adding new ones of their own. Keep going until you’re really happy and excited about the Active Ideas you’ve come up with.

collect your data


Get together all the responses from your consultation. See which ideas come up a lot or you think are really good. Write them down.

feedback to your school or group


Let everyone know what you have found out. You could do this in an assembly or newsletter or during your class council meetings.

send your ideas


To Sainsbury’s Active Kids Get Talking by 23 May. Go to How to enter for the entry form plus handy hints for making a good application and information about what the judges are looking for. You can enter as many ideas as you like. Just remember to fill in an entry form for each of them.

Need help with setting up a school council/forum? Not sure what a school council does? Try the School Councils UK site for further help.

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