How it works
- Two heaped teaspoons of hot chocolate powder.
- A sprinkle of mini marshmallows, vegetarian or halal.
- Gather the top and tie it with about 30cm of ribbon.
- Punch a hole in the note and tie it on with the same ribbon.
The students running the event make the bags up themselves, in one session a day or two before.
The slides explain what it is, prompt students to think about who to send one to, and end with your stall dates, place, price and charity. Edit anything in square brackets first.
At the stall, students pay, give the name and form of the person they are sending it to, and write the note there and then, so nothing goes home to be filled in later. Log each order in the order tracker as you take it.
The person who gets a note won’t know who wrote it, but an adult reads every note first and takes out anything unkind.
The students running the event pack the bags themselves in one session, then use the tracker to sort them by form and hand them out first thing on the 14th.
Hot chocolate powder contains milk and often soy. Buy vegetarian or halal marshmallows, because standard ones are made with pork gelatine, and keep an empty packet of each so a form tutor can check against the allergy register before anything is handed out.
A look inside
Get the event
This is a bigger event than most on the site, but the student council can run nearly all of it: the shopping, a stall at break for a week, one packing session and an early start on the 14th. The pack has the shopping list, a rough timetable and the printable notes, and the tracker keeps the orders, forms and money straight. You decide the price, the dates and the charity.
The assembly slides
Eleven slides on kindness, ending with your stall dates, place, price and charity.
Download Printable PDFTeacher resource pack
How it runs, what to buy, a rough timetable, what goes in each bag, and the printable notes.
Download ExcelOrder tracker
Every order, checked off by form, and what is left for the charity once the shopping is paid for.
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