Elmwood Primary
School
Guys Farm Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, CM3 5NB
Tel: 01245 321301
Email: admin@elmwood.school
Rota Kids
What are RotaKids?
RotaKids is a fun and exciting way for children aged 7-12 to make friends and get involved with important activities in the community, all while having a great time in the process.
It brings an exciting and practical approach to supporting the citizenship element of the national curriculum.
By doing so, children enjoy a boost to their confidence and self-esteem at a key age and develop an understanding of how their actions can impact on others.
Both RotaKids aim to create genuine opportunities for young people to generate social change.
What do Elmwood RotaKids do?
Rotakids meet with Mrs Willis every two weeks to discuss and plan local, national and international fundraising events, as well as serve the local community. The great thing about RotaKids is that children can come up with ideas and see them become a reality.
The groups can do just about anything which springs to mind to help others.
It shows children that by working together, there is so much you can achieve.
Examples of RotaKids activities include:
Filling shoe boxes with toys for underprivileged children around the world as part of the Rotary Shoebox Scheme
Raising money for charities in your area with a sponsored bike ride, non-uniform day, cake sale or school fun days
Supporting the environment by setting a nature project`, e.g rubbish collecting within the local community
Collecting books for children in countries around the world
Who are our Rotakids?
Every KS2 class elects a member of their class to become a Rotakid. The children run it and are all expected to have a job. They will elect the following:
Chair Leads the meeting.
Secretary Writes minutes in the meeting and types them up afterwards.
Alerting Officers Collects Rotakids members for meetings.
Registration Officer Takes the register at each meeting.
Event Photographers Prepares posters on the computer and displays them around the school.