Making a positive contribution

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Making a positive contribution
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What does making a positive contribution mean?

• As a group discuss the words

Positive
Contribution
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Ways of making a positive contribution

• Using the work sheet How do we make a positive
  contribution in groups, discuss and write down
  as many of the methods we use in school, the
  community and the world to make a positive
  contribution.
• How do these contributions affect those people?

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How do we make a positive contribution?

• The following slides will show you different
  groups of people who make positive contributions.
  Discuss how these groups make positive changes
  and how this affects the people they help.

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Making a positive contribution in school
Key Stage 3 STARS
Shoe box appeal
Student Council
Non-School Uniform Day
ABC
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Making a positive contribution in our community
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Making a positive contribution to our world
Shoe box appeal
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Task

• Now that you have looked at all the different
  ways in which we can make a positive contribution
  to our school, community and world. You must
  complete the following task

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Task

• Choose one of the following options.
• School
• The Community
• The world

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Task

• For whichever category you have chosen, in
  groups, try and identify something which needs to
  be made better. This change must benefit all. How
  will you go about making this happen? You must
  come up with an organisation / group, present the
  problem and the positive solution. You can do
  this in the form of a display.
• Use the next slide for ideas..

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School
Group Name Problem How can we resolve this?
Litterbugs Excess litter in school
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The Community
Group Name Problem How can we resolve this?
Keeping our town tidy Excess litter in our town
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The World
Group Name Problem How can we resolve this?

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The positive contribution

• Once your group has come up with an idea, write a
  short statement to say how and why this will make
  a positive contribution to the school / community
  / society.

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Useful websites

• http//www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/index.htm
• http//www.need2know.co.uk/beatbullying/
• http//www.there4me.com/home/index.asp
• http//www.connexions-direct.com/
• http//www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/