A warm welcome to all those teachers whose schools are taking part in Eramus+ Schools Week. We’re delighted that you’ve taken the opportunity to celebrate your project and share your experiences with the wider community. To help promote the fantastic work your school is doing during Erasmus+ Schools Week 2019, we have created a resource pack for your school that includes an Erasmus+ Flag, Schools Week Posters, T-shirts and a Wall Plaque, this pack will be reaching your school just as the new term starts.
To go with your Schools Week resource pack, we're providing tips in this post about how you can promote your Schools Week events online and perhaps with local media. Read on to find sample texts and graphics that you can use in posting to social media; tips for writing a press release and a link to a press release template; a few pointers to taking good photographs, and finally some hints (and a template) for writing a short blog post or article for your school newsletter.
If at any time your media contacts would like additional information, please don’t hesitate to refer them to the team here at Léargas directly.
Finally, don’t forget to use #EplusSchools2019 when sharing across your own social media channels!
Best wishes,
The Erasmus+ Schools Week Team
Please use the #EplusSchools2019 when sharing information about Erasmus+ Schools Week 2019 across your social media channels.
Sample social media posts are included below:
Preparations are well underway for our Erasmus+ Schools Week 2019 celebrations taking place next [day]. #EplusSchools2019
The students here at [school] are looking forward to sharing their recent work on [project] with friends and family at our [event] on [date]. #EplusSchools2019
Find out what our students and staff have been working on as part of Erasmus+ Schools Week 2019 celebrations in our new blog post on our website [link to blog post] #EplusSchools2019.
Today we’re celebrating our projects and activities from throughout the year undertaken by as part of our Erasmus+ project. [short blurb about activities and projects]
Quote and accompanying headshot - “Through xxxx project, I learned / developed …” [student / teacher name and details]. #EplusSchools2019
You can use some of our prepared graphics to accompany your posts:
Media relations can be a very cost effective way to get your story shared in the media. The key is making it as easy as possible for media to cover the story. Writing a concise, catchy press release and supplying interesting photographs always help! Here are some tips and templates:
A press release is the best means of communicating the most important / interesting information about your activities to a range of relevant media. Use it to share your key messages and pique the interest of media to learn more.
When writing your press release, it is important to consider:
The components of a press release are:
When formatting and issuing press releases and photographs:
Here's a template you can use to write a press release about your schools week activities: Schools Week Template Press Release
Strong images are a great way to connect. An image can be taken in at a glance, so will reach more people than text can. Photography can play a crucial role in whether your events and activities get covered by print and online media. The easiest way to get strong images from your project is to take them yourself. You don’t need fancy equipment; a phone camera, when used well, can work wonders! Before you click the button, remember:
You may also like to share a blog on your school website or article in your school newsletter. Here's a template you can use if you're writing a blog, it includes some 'boilerplate' text about Léargas and Erasmus+. And here are more general guidelines to writing blog posts that we created for our own blog on this site.
Remember to credit Erasmus+ and if you credit Léargas too, your colleagues and community will know to contact us for more information.
Download the Erasmus+ logo here.
Download the Léargas logo here.
If you are unsure about how to use logos or need them in other formats, please contact our Communications team.
If you're interested in more tips on how to share the work you're doing in your Erasmus+ projects, check these two blog posts from our Communications and Impact Research officer, Charis Hughes:
Practical Dissemination: Share What You’ve Learned
Practical Dissemination: Connect with Your Audience
We welcome contributions to ‘Insights’ at comms@leargas.ie.