What did the maths teacher make for her Red Nose Day bake sale? Pi.

Make your laugh matter! It’s Red Nose Day 2017! We’re all going to join together – pupils, teachers, parents, comedians, celebrities – to raise money for Red Nose Day on Friday 24th March. This year, Red Nose Day is all about your power to make the world a better place, simply by having a great time.

Have you ever saved someone’s life? Use this PowerPoint to help you deliver a Red Nose Day assembly or tutor time session. It will help students understand why they are fundraising and inspire them to raise money for Red Nose Day 2017, which is on Friday 24th March. This presentation has been designed to last around 15 minutes. There are prompt questions that you can use if you would like to extend the presentation or make it interactive. Have you ever saved someone’s life?

In fact, she may have saved hundreds of lives Ikmatu has… In fact, she may have saved hundreds of lives 16-year-old Ikmatu lives in the slums of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone in Africa. When the Ebola outbreak reached her city, Ikmatu was trained as a peer educator to provide health advice to her community and try to stop the spread of the virus. Now that the Ebola crisis is over, she has continued her work by keeping the streets clean and educating families about hygiene. Show the students the short film about Ikmatu. You should be able to stream the video from this presentation by clicking on the play button. Please ensure that external content is enabled. If you experience any problems with this you can download the video (or stream it) at rednoseday.com/ikmatu How does Ikmatu’s story make you feel? What words would you use to describe her? How has money raised for Red Nose Day made a difference in Sierra Leone? Watch the film at rednoseday.com/ikmatu

How will our money make a difference in Africa? Just 70p could pay for life-saving treatment for a child with malaria £4 could fully vaccinate a child against five deadly childhood diseases £150 is enough to give a family living on a rubbish dump in Sierra Leone a business start-up grant and a year’s accommodation so they can start a new life Use this and the following slide to help students understand the difference every penny raised can make.

And don’t forget, the money you raise also helps people in the UK £3 could enable a victim of gang violence to attend a counselling session £100 could help a homeless young person get their life back on track by paying for a month’s one-to-one support £950 could help someone living with dementia and their carer by paying for weekly advice and support for a whole year Did you know that Red Nose Day cash is used to fund projects in the UK, as well as in the world’s poorest communities? Do you think this is a good thing? How much of a difference will our school [tutor group] make if we raise £100? £500? Even £1000?

So what shall we do this Red Nose Day? If you already have plans for Red Nose Day fundraising, share them with the students now. People all over the country will be having lots of fun to make their laugh matter and raise money for Red Nose Day. What shall we do? Can anyone remember fundraising events we’ve organised in the past? (e.g. baking, dressing up, sponsored challenges) Can you think of any new ideas for this year?

Together we can make a difference So don’t forget – Red Nose Day will take place on Friday 24th March. Let’s all do our best to raise as much money as we can!

What else could your money buy? £3 could pay for a counselling session for a child who has lost their parents to Ebola in Sierra Leone In the UK, £10 could help a young person caught up in gang culture, to turn their life around with professional mentoring £10 could enable an isolated elderly person in the UK with dementia to attend a local support group