6 Month Programme

Online evaluation meeting with EmpathyLab

• Review/ gather evaluation
• Social action planning
• Evaluation

Empathy Day The Empathys Award Ceremony

• Red carpet celebration event on Empathy Day
• Invited guests: community leaders, librarians, Governors, parents, authors
• Pupils have different roles - compère, reporter, photographer, blogger, audience
• Pupils present arguments for shortlisted characters’ brief summary of the arguments for each character
• Display of all the books on stage with one of the pupils who championed the character from the book
• Compère announces winner
• Acceptance speeches (pupils could prepare this in advance once the votes are counted and read on behalf of the winning character or a child could take the role)
• Lots of photographs, video, selfies
• Winner publicised: local media, school newsletters
• Let author/publisher know, tag them on Social Media)
• Let Empathy Lab know the winner

Follow up Empathy Day – social action

• Hold discussion with participating pupils, school council etc.
• Pupils choose cause associated with winning character or  decide the cause the character would fight for.
• Pupils research the cause and plan a year of social action in school named after the character.
• Everyone pledges to do one thing in the spirit of the character
• Collective action planned for the year
  

The Empathys Kitbag