The committee system

When doing an action project, the committee system is the best way to organise the class into groups. This make sit easy to report on who did what for the project write up.

Section 3 (b) asks you to:

Write a list and brief description of the main tasks/activities undertaken as part of the Action Project.


Below is a list of possible committees for any action project. Of course the list could include many more committees that are specific to particular action projects.

The Contact Committee
Tasks: Contacting guest speakers to arrange visits. Writing letters, making phone calls. Confirming dates / times / etc.

The Permission Committee
Tasks: Getting permission from Principal, Teachers etc to carry out a project.  Writting letters, arranging meetings with those involved in giving permission.

Room Committee
Tasks: Organising a room for a visit by a guest speaker. Moving desks, chairs, rearranging desks + chairs afterwards. Cleaning desks / chairs /rooms. Having suitable equipment available in the room ie laptop / data projector. Booking rooms for events ie, Demo Room, Hall, Art Room etc with relevant teachers.

Finance Committee
Tasks: Raise money, record money raised, count money, lodge money. Keep receipts. Report back to class on spending. Price and buy gifts etc or anything needed for project

Refreshments Committee
Tasks: Having water + glass for guest speakers in rooms. Arranging permission from Home Ec Department to borrow jugs + galsses. Returning glasses etc to Home Ec room washed and cleaned. Reporting back to Home Ec teacher that glasses etc have been returned.

Questions Committee
Tasks: Get class to suggest questions for guest speaker. Sort through questions, choose suitable questions. typing questions on slips of paper. Distribute questions among class. Coordinate the questions asking during the talk.

Publicity Committee
Tasks: Get paper / card / paints etc Make or print posters, put up posters. Write announcements in announcements book. Record event on video or photographs. Submit photos and report on event to school web committee for school website.

Thank you Committee
Tasks: Publicly thank speakers after their talk. Write letters of thanks after events.

Transport Committee
Tasks: Phone bus companies and get prices for buses. Inform class of bus prices and get agreement. Book buses. Collect bus money from class. Arrange payments to bus company.

Crowd control Committee
Tasks: To control crowds at cake sales etc. Allocate enough students to entances / exits. Make decisions regarding how many will be allowed into hall / Room at any one time. Communicate between doors. Ask additional teachers to help out on the day.

Pricing Committee
Tasks: Make decisions regarding how much cakes etc will be sold for at a cake sale. Make price tickets. Allocate enough tickets to students selling cakes. Make decision when to reduce prices at a cake sale.

The Product Committee
Tasks: To source and get products for display for a designated day project ie Fair Trade products.

Research Committee
Tasks: Research a place to visit / guest speaker. Finds out background information. Makes presentation to class about what they learned.

CSPE Actions

Here are some actions you could take to raise awareness, get people involved in a project, promote an event, etc etc

Road safety campaign
Organise a visit in - by an expert - to learn from them and ask questions
Have a Skype conference call
set up a Facebook page and develop a fan base
Set up a twitter feed/ campaign - increase your followers / follow people who can retweet your tweets
Set up a blog and gather followers online

Visit out - to learn about a person/ place etc
Tidy up local area
Litter lift
Buddy system for bullying
Have a xxxxx(safety, anti bullying, animal awareness etc etc) Week in school
Homework club
Set up student council
Conduct a survey and display results
Letter writing campaign
Write and send out a newsletter
A carol service for local old age residents
A carol service to raise funds
Hold a cake sale / raffle / bring and buy sale
Have an ad campaign on radio / tv
Make announcements in school
Poster campaign to raise awareness
Organise / sign a petition / protest

Organise a sports event in aid of a charity etc - raise funds/ awareness

Set up a homework club / friendship club
Set up a Games Club - provide somewhere for bullying victims to enjoy lunch in peace

Team-working Skills

The following skill will be useful for your Action Project

Team-working Skills

• Working in groups
• Allocating and agreeing tasks
• Group discussion skills
• Listening to and talking with others
• Dealing with debate and even disagreement
• Accountability to the group
• Taking responsibility and getting things done