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All washed up: Haileybury pupils collect litter from Belgian river
From Haileybury website: 19/05/2021
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More than ever, it is essential that people look after the environment and the wildlife within it. This is why Lower Sixth pupils Hadrien and Camille have set up an initiative to clean the river Leie, a major river flowing through their village in Belgium. After a flood, the river had overflown and lots of litter in the area washed up on the riverbank. Camille and Hadrien wanted to take action, as it was not only an unpleasant sight, but they knew it would also affect the environment. Throughout the pandemic, the pair went to the river every weekend and began collecting litter over the course of a few hours. There is a bend in the river, which causes the waste to get caught on the side of the river bank, so they felt that it was best to start their clean-up there. In the first three weeks of their clean-up, Hadrien and Camille collected eight full bags of litter. Both decided that it would be a good idea to find uses for the litter that they collected, instead of throwing it away to go to landfill. Any bottle caps that have been collected will be donated to a charity in Belgium called the Belgian Centrum for Guide Dogs (BCG), who will recycle the caps in return for money that goes into the charity. When asked why they chose this charity, Camille said, “We have chosen this charity because we have worked with them before and they provide help to people who are in need of guide dogs but may not be able to afford them. ” Alongside donating bottle caps, both pupils try to find pieces of plastic that they can utilise for an art piece as part of their CAS project. Hadrien and Camille are both eager to continue with their project until the river is clean, therefore they will also be returning during the summer once the river water lowers so that they can catch anything that has drifted to the bottom of the river bed. When asked why they wanted to clear the river, Hadrien said, “my message is simple; every little helps. All small initiatives can contribute to a greater achievement; the only limit is your personal determination. ” We look forward to hearing how much litter Hadrien and Camille can collect in the coming months.
Lillibet took part in the Litter Picking Challenge held by Ted-Ed. She had to pick up 15,000 pieces of litter during a one-month period, however, Lillibet joined a bit late and had only one week to complete the challenge. For every piece, Lillibet, had to take a picture of the trash she found and uploaded it on the App.
Her experience was very positive and she told us that she would love to see more people picking up litter. For her, it was not only about the challenge but the satisfaction of seeing that you helped your community, and for her, it was her town, Hertford. She did feel very observed when first participating, as it has always been told to us to never pick things off the ground, but after a while, she ignored the looks and people looked away. Lillibet was very proud of herself and always felt she achieved something important when she would go back a few days later and it was clean. However, now the park has again been filled with waste from picnics and social gatherings, which does upset her a little bit. After having finished her challenge, it felt natural to her, and she understands how people might not enjoy the idea of picking waste when we do not know where it has been and how dirty it is. But now thanks to Covid-19, people are more aware of their surroundings, thus, always carrying some hand gel or antibacterial wipes. After you pick up the trash you clean the filth off your hands. If more people made it natural to pick up that plastic bottle on the pavement, then we would not have to worry about the state of our living environment or the deterioration of it. Te d EDClean CAS INSIGHTS | PAGE 5 A View From the Up Quad
by Ayaan C.
The compostable, edible cutlery is made entirely from food products such as wheat flour, corn flour, soybean flour and water. For my CAS Project I explored and designed edible cutlery. Edible cutlery reduces plastic consumption and even has health benefits to it. Why did I choose to look at the market for edible cutlery in this project? Disposal of plastic cutlery has become hazardous for the environment. Toxins and carcinogens can leach into food through the ecosystem.
I interviewed Mr. Peesapaty to learn from his experience and design my edible spoon.
Edible spoons are made using a flour mix of rice and wheat etc. I explored my own ingredients and made a few attempts. To produce edible cutlery is expensive but I was able to learn how to make them and the possibility for the future of the environment are really interesting.
I joined a webinar on Sustainable and Ethical Fashion run by Harbottle & Lewis. I love fashion, and the sustainability of it combines my ESS and geography knowledge with fashion. I am particularly interested in law as a career, so this was a very insightful webinar for me, with extremely engaging and influential speakers such as Elizabeth Peyton-Jones, the founder of The Responsible Trust for Models, and Eshita Kabra, founder of By Rotation - a social fashion rental platform. Other speakers also included Oliver Wayman, founder of the UK’s first 3D printed shop BOTTLETOP and Amanda Johnston, a curator and education consultant from The Sustainable Angle, a sustainable fabric and fashion company. These speakers all had different angles and an array of skill sets, working together to achieve the same goal of sustainability within the fashion industry. Interesting questions were asked and it fuelled my love for fashion whilst stating the importance of a sustainable world for our future. The legal aspect on making these changes were also stated, which I found particularly interesting as it will be something that impacts my future and a topic I would be interested in working in. I am extremely glad to have attended this webinar as I learnt a huge amount and it further fuelled my want to create a more sustainable world. by Molly B
Harbottle & Lewis Sustainable & Ethical Fashion
A driving force; Haileybury pupil manufactures an electrical go-kart from scratch
From Haileybury website: 28/05/2021
Lower Sixth pupil Sarah has started a Creativity Action and Service (CAS) project centred around engineering electrical go-karts. From a young age, Sarah has always had a love for racing and motorsports, which has only grown through the years. Therefore, for her CAS project, Sarah has chosen to create a fully-functioning electrical go-kart, that she will test drive herself. “I have had an interest in go-karts (racing in general) for most of my life since I was introduced to it at a young age. I wanted to learn more about go-karts since I am very passionate about them and have always had an interest in how cars work; especially race cars. ” In the past, Sarah has completed work experience at a variety of engineering companies, specifically specialising in motorsports engineering in aerodynamics and race strategy. This experience has given her an insight into what working in this field may entail for the future, but she is eager to gain more experience in other areas of engineering before deciding which route to eventually take. “I am very interested in engineering and have done some work experience at a few places in motorsports engineering in aerodynamics and race strategy. I am planning on taking a gap year, where I want to do more internships and race to find out what I really want to study. ” So far, Sarah’s CAS project is off to a brilliant start. With the help of some family members and some expert advice, she has been able to begin creating the ideal electrical race kart. Having designed the go-kart herself, Sarah is now looking into the mechanics of the kart and is currently trying to decide which batteries would work best to allow it to race for 20 minutes. “At the moment we are figuring out how many batteries we need for a 20-minute race. In order to make that decision, we need to do many test drives, as if we use more batteries the kart will be heavier which will make it slower, however with more batteries we can drive with higher power for longer. My role is to test drive the kart and then report how it feels whilst driving it and we have meetings every month to discuss next steps. ” Once the project is completed and Sarah has finalised the prototype, she is planning to reach out to potential investors and wants to continue making new products in the future. “When I finish the project, I will definitely try to pursue making new products, however, I might try out using different energy sources, such as hydrogen fuel cell or even solar energy. Once we have our first finished prototype, we will look for possible investors. ”
On my birthday, I donated cake, food and clothing to the children who live in the East of Turkey. They need shelter, supplies, food and clothing. Due to lack of resources, I decided to celebrate my birthday with them. My hope was to make them happy and give them reassurance as they are five to eight years old. It was a fantastic and happy day for us all!
by Cagla E.
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My CAS project is a Haileybury themed Monopoly. All the different locations have been named after places around campus e.g. Quad, Dining Hall... etc. I have also written customised actions for all the chance and community chest fields. The project is currently at the final planning stage and should hopeful begin production very soon. After I made the board games I will sell them. I ’ll be giving all the profits to a charity of my choice I have already selected. In order to know how many boards I should produce, I created a questionnaire and published it on my Instagram Account. 71% of those that voted YES said they would buy one.
By Freddie K
"Progressive writer Elizabeth Magie Phillips created Monopoly in 1904 to teach players about the dangers of wealth concentration. Originally called The Landlord’s Game, it celebrated the teachings of the anti-monopolist Henry George whose widely read book, Progress and Poverty, published in 1879, argued that governments did not have a right to tax labour. They only had a right to tax land". Benjamin Hoy Assistant Professor of History, University of Saskatchewan
During lockdown my best friend and I decided to do something for the homeless people that live in Brussels. In the weekend we decided to make sandwiches and distribute them to homeless people. In total we made 40 meals and gave them to 15 families all around Brussels. Everybody was very grateful. This activity made me feel really good as I was able to help other people, and also encourages me do to it more often.
We run cancer - Carolin L.
My CAS project is called we run cancer and I want to encourage people in my community in Germany to do something for themselves on also contribute to the community. My idea was to create a charity run, which lasts 6 weeks and with every Km you run or walk you donate money to a cancer foundation which specialised on children. After the 6 weeks, you donate all the money you raised through running. With the money that is donate to this organisation, the families of kids with cancer are getting financial aid, but also it I invested into more research for healing cancer especially on kids. Right now, I have already earned 2800£ with my CAS project.
For our CAS project I worked with Maddie and Zain to create a cookbook for glutenfree people. We believe that this will allow us to really understand how hard it is for them as we all know close friends that have this dietary requirement and there are often no options for them when they go out to dinner or go to a friend's house. In addition to previous experiences, I have known this food to be very bland and not very enjoyable. We believe that by making this cookbook we have created tasty recipes for glutenfree people which everyone can enjoy. In the past weeks we all kept a process journal in which we documented our research and the different recipes that we tried until we are all able to create 4 recipes which will include a snack, lunch, breakfast, and dinner. We did research into different food and created our own new recipes trying a variety of ways until we reached a "perfect" gluten-free recipe. GOALS!
My goal for this project is to try and create easy recipes that everyone can create when having people that are gluten-free over or even if you want to stay away from gluten. It will require us to get creative as non of us are gluten-free so it will be a real challenge getting ourselves to like it as most people that eat gluten don't like gluten-free foods. In addition, my goal for this project is to grow with my kitchen skills as I am going to university and need to learn to cook and by doing this it will require me to experiment and try new techniques when it comes to cooking. Finally, the overall goal is to create a cookbook for everyone to enjoy and help gluten-free people to enjoy meals with everyone else. To test our recipes we will be allowing a variety of people to try and complete a survey so we can see if we have succeeded. GREAT NEWS!
p.s. We just received an email from the Manager of our kitchen in Haileybury. They love our cookbook and they will try our recipes next September to their Menu!
GLUTEN FREE COOK BOOK
POLITICS BLOG
My CAS protect is a global politics blog on Instagram. I am a student who is very passionate about current affairs and international relations and I believe it is essential to be aware of what is happening around us in order to become an active and conscious citizen. I think many students my age don't pay much attention to politics and economics and see these topics as for 'adults' . So they rarely watch the news, listen to podcasts and read articles.For this reason, I decided to open an instagram page where I summarize, simplify and report interesting articles, insights and breaking news. This is a way for me to deepen and learn more about what interests me, but also to spread important news. I chose Instagram as the social media to use because it is the one most used by teenagers and therefore they are more likely to see and read my articles. by Guendalina S.
