Teachers will nominate themselves to learn a skill, whilst students put themselves forward to share one of their skills. The skill could be anything from keepie-ups, playing an instrument or speaking a foreign language to rapping or a cultural dance. Everyone pays £1 to vote for which teacher they would like to learn which skill.
Teacher's Got Talent is introduced with animated film telling the story of Abass, a beekeeper from Sierra Leone. The story explains how causes of poverty are identified and how VSO's solution, to send a volunteer to share skills with local people, has helped Abass.
This simple and effective way to bring a global dimension into a school is accompanied by an assembly plan and follow-up activities for lessons and extra curricular activities. This is a whole-school, global citizenship challenge, with links to Citizenship, PSHE, Geography, and Key Skills curriculum areas.
Schools that get their donations in by March 19th will be eligible for two prizes provided by publisher HarperCollins and education recruitment specialist Randstad Education.
The Global Fundraising Award for the best fundraising effort will provide a primary and secondary school a whole suite of new resources from HarperCollins Publishers to stock up their library, including fiction, educational books and computer learning resources.
The Global Champion Award will be awarded to a primary and secondary school where students went the extra mile to engage with global issues. The winners will receive either an exclusive creative drama workshop with the Chickenshed Theatre Company, courtesy of Randstad Education, or a school visit from a HarperCollins children's author, which will include a talk and a Q&A session.
Commenting on the competition, Chief Scout Bear Grylls said: "As Chief Scout, I know that young people have such an exciting variety of skills to share. Teacher’s Got Talent gives them the opportunity to teach and showcase their skills in school, learn about life in other countries and raise funds to help VSO fight poverty.
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