Christmas Cheer
WINTER 2021 | EDITION 13
Many thanks to the seven members of the School's internship programme who added festive cheer to the Big School corridor by decorating the Christmas tree in classic red and gold.
A big thank you to Hunza Hussain L6, who decorated the Staff tree beautifully.
Christmas Card Competition Congratulations to Danvir Bungar (9P), Colby Ly (7W) and Tanay Soni (7R), who are came in the top-three places in the Christmas Card competition! It was a tightly fought competition, with over 30 entries! Our winning entry was chosen for the excellent detail describing the Japanese tradition of eating a meal of KFC for Christmas, a tradition which started in 1974. Danvir’s clever design and incredible independent research into the kanji and katakana characters really impressed, and his detail in the card made him stand out as our winner. Congratulations also to 2nd and 3rd place Colby and Tanay in Year 7, who’s beautiful cards were written in Mandarin and German respectively.
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From left to right: Danvir Bungar 9P, Colby Ly 7W, Tanay Soni 7P
The Giving Tree has been running for a series of weeks, and the idea is simple: shoppers take tags from the Christmas tree in the Gracechurch Shopping Centre, each of which contain the details of something that is needed by someone in need this Christmas. Items can vary from clothing for the homeless to festive treats for struggling families. Gifts can then be placed back in the baskets by the tree, where Bishop Vesey’s students will collect and wrap them before delivering the parcels to local charities in time for Christmas.
Charities this year are: YMCA Sutton Coldfield, St Basils Birmingham, St Giles Hospice and Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Bishop Vesey’s students have been chatting with the public and running this on a shift basis. We are extremely proud of them, and grateful for the generosity shown by many people, which will make Christmas possible for those in our community who are in need. 24
