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Year 10 pupils on the Creative and Media Diploma at Wymondham High have been getting out and about to help local Charity Shops get better quality donations.

The Diploma is a GCSE course that after two years should add up to the equivalent of seven and a half GCSE’s. It’s made up of different units which take a term each to complete.

The work with Charity shops is part of the Campaign Unit.  They started off by studying the TV program “Mary Queen of Charity shops”. And looking into different campaigns such as Dove, Road safety, and many more.

They then spilt into groups and chose there charities among the selection were: RSPCA, E.A.C.H. , and  Red cross. They were given the phone numbers and left to short out an introduction to who they are, what they were doing, and a time to arrange an meeting at the shop.

 Miss Haythope on of the teachers who runs Diploma says “We teach them independence so that they are able to fit in the workplace. A lot of boss’s have said that the workers that they higher straight out of university with loads of A* grade qualifications can’t handle a simple task like answer a phone so we try and teach the students the techniques that they will need in work as well as everyday life.”

The campaign unfortunately didn’t work because they got only one donation however they did produce a poster, leaflet and flier for their chosen Charity shop. Some groups also done TV adverts where as the others performed a TIE (theatre in education) at local Primary School Browick road, and everyone pitched in to do an hour workshop about charity and donating.

Laura Frosdick a student who is taking the Creative and Media says

“I’ve really enjoyed taking diploma so far because although it’s hard work you meet great people from different schools and have a lot of fun. Diploma is something different because it has now given me more confidence to go out into the world of work and talk to people which is something other subjects wouldn’t be able to teach you. It’s a shame that our campaigns didn’t work out as we hoped but at least we have learnt from our mistakes and can take some of the things that we’ve learnt into the next Unit.”