V.I.P. for V.I.P.s

- Virtual Intergenerational Project for Very Important People -

Where Energy meets Experience!

Dame Allan's Schools Community Service Students embarked upon a virtual project for the community - to engage, entertain and support our local link Primary Schools and Residential Care Homes in Autumn 2020

Primary Schools

Wingrove Road Primary

Dame Allan's Juniors

Residential Care Homes

Sutherland Court

Cestria House

St Mary Magdalene

Waverley Lodge, Hillcare

Be Inspired!- Art, Museums, Zoos, Travel the World!

Dame Allan's Community Service Students' Web Pages

Community Service

Dame Allan's Sixth Form students meet every Wednesday afternoon and work in teams to create and content manage the website pages.

Our audience range is from younger than 9 to over 90!

We aim to keep all ages in mind when creating our website.

Making Pom Poms

#KindnessMatters

Thinking of you

Hugs in the Post

Local primary school requests

Notes from local schools

You asked for-

  • competitions

  • quizzes

  • racing competitions

  • guessing the answer out of the choices quiz.


You would like to learn about:

  • animals

  • dinosaurs - bones and fossils

  • oceans

  • how to protect our planet from climate change

  • science

  • nature

  • history of Newcastle

  • real life jobs especially the emergency services

  • the circus

  • wind turbines

  • music

  • movie making


Feedback from our children who have viewed the virtual fair website are:

  • We'd like to leave feedback

  • Adding hyperlinks to websites/other topics for further research.

  • Show and tell sections with larger pictures or a short video

  • Questions of the week/topic/month.

  • Virtual gallery - larger pictures and videos.

  • Jokes section or fun facts.

  • Feedback from older children could also include: what's something new I learned about this topic?

  • Time lines for inventions/history events/trends.

  • Books and family movie recommendations rated by age group

Local Residential Care Home Requests

Notes from local care homes

You would like-

  • Music

  • Dance

  • Reminiscence Therapy

Please complete our quick feedback form to tell us what you think & what else you would like to see on the website.


The link to the feedback form is at the end of every page