Posts tagged 'Prom committee'
ARE YOU GETTING EXCITED ABOUT YOUR YEAR 6 PROM?
OR ARE YOU A PARENT HELPING TO PLAN A YEAR 6 END OF YEAR PARTY? Love Productions, home of The Great British Bake-Off, is producing a pilot TV show about Year 6 proms. We are looking for children and parents gearing up for the big day. If you would like to find out more, we’d [...]
Do you want a Prom King and Queen?
This is a post principally for those of you who are now in prom committees. One of the earliest decisions the prom committee needs to make is whether there will be a prom king and queen. Here is some information on how it's done in America (after all, that's where this whole prom thing has [...]
Help! I have to look after the prom money!
Advice for the prom treasurers amongst you I had an email from a lovely lass who has stumbled into being the treasurer on her prom committee, and, unsurprisingly, is feeling a bit overwhelmed. Here is her note (name withheld to protect identity) and my response is below, so the rest of you stressed prom committee [...]
5 ways to keep the stress out of prom committee paperwork
When you're in the early stages of planning a prom, it's all exciting and full of potential. Everyone has got tonnes of energy and ideas, every prom committee meeting is crammed with decisions that spark off debates (and sometimes tempers) and the prom seems a long way off so there's loads of time to get [...]
A brand new shiny school year, let's get prom-tastic!
So September is here (not quite sure what happened to August – I blinked and missed it) and that means back to school. If you're here, that means your school is having a prom (or you're just really hoping they will) so that's something to look forward to, right? If you're looking forward to your [...]
Thinking of volunteering for the prom committee?
So, the summer is over and term time begins again. For some of you that means the last year before GCSE exams, for the rest of you it probably means the run up to A2 exams and the rollercoaster ride of deciding what happens after school. It's also time to decide if you want to [...]
The first real prom committee meeting
Once you have a smaller group of committed volunteers, there are three critical decisions you need to make: Do you have a formal prom committee with defined roles? What is the date of the prom? What is the prom theme? The formal committee decision There are pros and cons to this approach, so a discussion [...]
The first prom volunteers meeting
Just so you know; this is likely to be pretty chaotic! Don’t worry, it’ll get easier. Most schools make an announcement in assembly calling for volunteers to be on the prom committee. Great; there’s loads of excitement and lots of interest. Then the first meeting happens, and tonnes of people turn up with loads of [...]
The Dreaded Prom Budget
Nobody likes setting a budget – it makes us feel like we have to count every penny and always go for cheaper options, but that’s not actually true. Setting a prom budget is one of the most important tasks that faces a prom committee in the early part of the planning process, and getting it [...]
