Teacher Explainer Video: Guinness World Records title attempt

This video for teachers explains how the Guinness World Records title attempt will work, and what you need to do for your students to count towards the record.

There is a separate video and accompanying handout for students to use in class between 16-19 September to generate ideas available on our website.

Here are some handy links:

1. A handy To do list with everything you need to do in order for your students to be counted
2. Use this form for uploading your students ideas by 20 September
3. The class teacher ‘steward’ form
4. The headteacher / deputy ‘witness’ form
5. The link to upload evidence

And the Guinness World Records guidelines that are relevant to schools taking part are:

• The students attended the poetry lesson in an area with entrances / exits that were clearly marked and controlled.
• The lesson had a clear start and end and lasted for at least 30 minutes.
• The school had a minimum of 25 students taking part.
• If any students / participants left the poetry lesson between 10:15-10:50am, or weren’t there when it started, they were not counted.
• Specific measures were in place to ensure students weren’t counted twice (i.e. using a register).
• There was a clear start and end to the lesson and it lasted at least 30 minutes.
• Class teachers were responsible for a particular group of students who sat together.
• Class teachers (or ‘stewards’) counted the number of students in their group taking part by using a register.

Please click here if you would like to read these guidelines in more detail.

Counting

11-14 years old, 7-11 years old