Sainsburys Active Kids Get Talking

Co-ordinating Active Kids Get Talking in school or group

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The brief

You can co-ordinate your consultation about Active Kids Get Talking through the school council/forum, or you could set up an Active Kids Get Talking action group. The task is to get as much input as possible about each of the five Active Ideas, to choose and write up the best ideas – and to submit the entry forms in time!

The challenge is to become one of the 15 regional consultant schools and groups in your area– and to take part in a regional Active Conference where you'll help Sainsbury's to develop the next Active Kids idea for schools and groups.

From the outcome of the regional consultancy, Sainsbury’s will draft an Active Kids Manifesto with your suggestions for the future of Active Kids.

At the national Active Conference in Setember, students delegates will discuss and vote on the Manifesto and set the future course for Active Kids.

managing the process

Step 1

First decide who will take responsibility for the project. For example:

• the school/student council
• a special Active Kids Get Talking action group – this could be made up of students, teachers, group leaders, parents, Governors, members of the business community, local sports or arts clubs etc.
• members of all the tutor groups or Year groups.

Step 2

Next work out how long you think it will take to find out everyone’s views, sort out the ideas which you think are most practical and of greatest benefit to your school or group, and fill in the entry forms. Use the Planner and Research methods to help you.

Step 3

Then decide who will do what and by when. One of the first jobs will be to tell the rest of the school about the Active Ideas and to generate enthusiasm. The Assembly PowerPoint presentation will give you some ideas. You can change it to suit your audience if you want to.

Roles and responsibilities

You could allocate roles and responsibilities to different members of the group. For example:

Project co-ordinators

Task: to keep everything moving along and to make sure all the jobs are done on time. TheChecklist will help keep track of everything. The project co-ordinator’s name will go on the entry form.

Project developers

Task: to make contact and have discussions with members of the school or group and local community who may be helpful and add value to your application. These could include Friends of the School (PTA), Governors, teachers, group leaders, parents, members of clubs, charities or local politicians.How to win friends... will give you some ideas for getting people involved.

Market researchers

Task: to carry out research with as many people in school or group as possible, including students, teachers, group leaders and parents. You can use the Questionnaire to help with the research.

Project secretaries

Task: to keep a record of all the ideas, outcomes of surveys, points made at meetings and to complete the entry forms on time. Have a look at the information in Judging. It will give you an idea of what the judges are looking for and the best way of getting your information across.

Data managers

Task: to analyse the outcome of surveys and produce a summary of the most/least popular ideas.