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The Tythy Challenge

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What is the Tythy Challenge?

The Tythy Challenge is an award scheme that embodies the values of Tytherington School and recognises the actions and efforts of the members of our school community in living those values.

What are the Tytherington School values?

Our values are set out within our vision statement and are:

  • Constantly Strive to improve everything we do
  • Encouragement to be:
    • Articulate
    • Resilient
    • Courageous
    • Curious
  • Confidence to stand up for what you Believe in
How are the values embodied within the Tythy Challenge?

The values form five elements within the challenge. Each of which a member of the school community can achieve in their own right and, when all are achieved, collectively form the Tythy Challenge:

How will The Tythy Challenge be recognised?

Any member of the school community that completes individual elements of the challenge will receive an eCertificate for each, recognising that they have achieved that element of the Tythy Challenge.

When all five elements have been achieved, their achievement will be recognised through the awarding of the Tythy Challenge pin badge that they can proudly wear after being presented with it.

Achievement of the elements or the overall challenge will be recognised in our Headteacher’s Notes.

Who can embark on the Tythy Challenge?

Tytherington School has always been a school at the heart of the community, and it is our ambition to make embarking on the Tythy Challenge and achieving the award open to the whole of our community.

Therefore, any student, staff member or parent/guardian, past or present, is invited to take on the challenge and complete activities that achieve recognition in each of the five elements and the overall Tythy Challenge.

Please remember to keep within any present COVID-19 rules when embarking on any of the elements and students should check with their parents/guardians first.

How do I achieve the Tythy Challenge?

To achieve the Tythy Challenge you need to submit evidence of the activities that you have completed towards each of the five elements of the challenge. Your evidence for each of the five elements will be judged against the criteria for each element and approved and certificated should it meet the criteria.

Once you have submitted approved evidence of your activities for all five of the elements, you will then have achieved the Tythy Challenge.

Can I complete two or more elements in one activity?

No, you are required to complete separate activities for each element of the award.

How do I submit evidence of an activity that I have completed for an element?

When you have completed an activity that you feel is eligible for recognition under the criteria of an element, all you must do is submit your evidence via one of the following online forms:

The forms simply require you to provide a few details about yourself, which element you are submitting evidence for, a description of what you did and electronic evidence from you doing the activity (e.g. photos, screenshots, documents, logs etc.).

What are the criteria for each of the elements?

Each element tab below contains both the criteria and suggestions of example activities that you could carry out in order to achieve it:

Criteria

To achieve the Strive element, your activity must:

  • Lead to you making great efforts to achieve or obtain something.

Example Activities

To achieve the Strive element, you could:

Opportunity to fundraise for charity – Why not link any activity that you Strive to complete to fundraise for a local charity? Add how much you raise in your online submission.

You are not limited to this list of example activities. Please feel free to submit evidence of any activity that you feel meets the criteria above.

Criteria

To achieve the Articulate element, your activity must:

  • Demonstrate your ability to speak or write fluently and coherently.

Example Activities

To achieve the Articulate element, you could:

  • Write verse as a poet or rapper and perform it on video – click here for a session on using you current state of mind to practice creative writing/rhythm, and to build confidence in self-expression and communicating your feelings.
  • Write or perform your own articulate speech or learn and perform a famous speech from the past.
  • Learn a monologue/speech from a play and perform it. Possibly from Shakespeare or a famous poem.
  • Give a talk on something that really interests you and that you want to encourage others to take interest in.
  • Develop your writing through the creation of a fictional world, like JK Rowling’s Wizarding World – click here for guidance on how to do this.

To give yourself a greater challenge in the Articulate element, you could complete the speech or written piece in a language that is not your native tongue.

You are not limited to this list of example activities. Please feel free to submit evidence of any activity that you feel meets the criteria above.

Criteria

To achieve the Resilient & Courageous element, your activity must:

  • Develop or demonstrate your ability to withstand setbacks or recover quickly from difficult conditions.
  • Develop or demonstrate your ability to control your emotions in a difficult situation.

Example Activities

To achieve the Resilient & Courageous element, you could:

You are not limited to this list of example activities. Please feel free to submit evidence of any activity that you feel meets the criteria above.

Criteria

To achieve the Curious element, your activity must:

  • Lead to you experiencing or learning something new.

Example Activities

To achieve the Curious element, you could:

  • Try out a Salsa class and submit a video of you doing it – click here for a free Salsa class.
  • Listen to a poem recital and write a reflection of your thoughts from listening to it – click here for a free poem recital.
  • Write out a number of research questions about something that you would like to know more about and then set out to answer them… adding and answering other questions as you go and then write up your findings or create a report or presentation.
  • Research and learn about conservation work that you can do from your own home and complete activities to help your local wildlife thrive. A few ideas that you could complete and record evidence of are:
    • Read blogs about local conservation work to get ideas of activities to do and then have a go at them – click here for a blog from the BBC.
    • Learn about Hedgehogs and take action to help save them through conservation activities – click here for information about this familiar animal.
    • Build a Bug Hotel – click here for helpfull plans to complete a DIY bug hotel.
    • Create a plan for planting flowers (in flower beds, hanging baskets or planters) that attract pollenating insects and then record the insects that visit during the course of Spring and Summer.
  • Complete a walk with a purpose and use the Winter Watchlist to plan to see, hear and experience as many items on the list as possible and record photos and audio clips as you go.
  • Immerse yourself in a “Citizen Science” project through:
  • Complete at least one of the following PiXL Build Up modules and submit your completed workbook as evidence:
  • Sign up and complete a course on one of the following platforms:

You are not limited to this list of example activities. Please feel free to submit evidence of any activity that you feel meets the criteria above.

Criteria

To achieve the Believe element, your activity must:

  • Demonstrate your confidence and ability to stand up for what you believe in.

Example Activities

To achieve the Believe element, you could:

  • Complete a piece of persuasive writing that aims to bring other people around to your way of thinking on a matter.
  • Write a letter to your local MP, councillor, or other public figure about a matter that you feel passionately about in your local area.
  • Write and perform a piece of music with a political message (i.e. a protest song), such as promoting environmental issues.
  • Research the role of music in the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s and record a talk where you inform others about it.
  • Prepare a formal debate with a friend and record it as you calmly argue the chosen suggestion or “motion” relating to an idea or opinion – click here for support in how to participate in a debate.

You are not limited to this list of example activities. Please feel free to submit evidence of any activity that you feel meets the criteria above.