Creative Ideas
Creating Your Own Yearbook Design
In addition to SPC Yearbooks’ Gold designing package, where a yearbook can be professionally designed to match precisely the look and effect you’d like your book to have, it’s also possible for you to create your own yearbook design.
Ideas Wall
Blank posters with fun headings to invite witty comments!
Page Ideas
Why not include extra pages to make your yearbook really special? Look at our guide for ideas.
Management & Motivation
Allowing Enough Time for Each Stage
Give yourselves 1-2 months to decide on which yearbook option you would like (SPC’s Product Comparison table will assist you), what type of pages you’d like to include in your yearbook (SPC’s Page Ideas article will assist you) and what you need to collect in from everyone.
Creating Files for Print
If you are designing your yearbook using your own software, the best way to get your print files to us is in PDF format.
How to Proofread Your Yearbook
Creating Primo PDFs from Windows Documents
PrimoPDF will help you create 'Print Ready' pdfs to supply to us from most Windows software documents, in which all fonts & images have been embedded.
Getting Students and Parents to Pay on Time
As soon as you have an idea what the yearbooks are going to cost, begin advertising the yearbook and collecting payments.
How to do Everything on your own
Be realistic about how much time you will be able to spend on the project. We can guide you at each step, but what you can achieve will depend on your time
How to Motivate Your Team-Pep Talk for You
Motivation stems directly from enthusiasm and the key to getting people to share your enthusiasm for something is to share your vision.
Re-using an Existing Yearbook Design
If your school has produced a yearbook in the past with SPC Yearbooks and you liked the look of the design, you can use these again for your new project – just speak to one of our Yearbook Account Managers.
Using the school's VLE
If your school uses a VLE, you can use it to help you with your yearbook project. Find out from your system administrator what can be done.
What's the best way for me to manage the yearbook project so it's successful
In our experience certain ways are more effective and efficient than others. By following the advice given in our guide, you should encounter less stress and have more fun!
Photographs & Photography
Choosing a Photographer
If your school uses a photography service to take photographs of the students each year, then this is a great way to get high quality photos for the yearbook.
Placing Images Across the Spine
Supplying Photos
Send the best quality pictures you can and ideally rename digital images with the full name of the student.
Taking the Portrait Photos Yourself
If you intend to do the portrait photos (headshots) yourself, the following notes will help you get good results.
Using Photos from the first Year in School
Including photos from the first year in school (e.g. Year 7 for a Year 11 Yearbook) can add a lot of interest to the yearbook as the journey through school is completed.
Planning & Collecting Content
Collecting Photos and Comments from Staff and Students
Once you’ve made all the important decisions (e.g. which design, layout and binding option) you can start planning how to collect in your content
Getting content to SPC Yearbooks
There are a number of ways you can get your content to your account manager at SPC Yearbooks. Read our guide for tips.
Print only
If you want to design your yearbooks using your own software, you can supply us with files to print from
Selling & Marketing Your Yearbook
Fundraising Ideas
Set up some tables and get people to bring in cakes to sell. You could even do a themed cake sale.
Marketing Your Yearbook
If you have formed a committee (or plan to) then we recommend you dedicate at least one person to this task.
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