COLLEGE NEWS
Houses get together for Charities Term As a school and a community, every year we celebrate Lent in a very special way, with all Houses coming together for a week at a time during the Lent Term to raise money and awareness for their chosen charities. The charities supported this year were: MIND, Martlets Hospice, Brighton Housing Trust, St Barnabas Hospice, Anorexia and Bulimia Care, Clocktower Sanctuary, Off the Fence, The Brain Tumour Charity, Mary Frances Trust, Rainforest Trust, Lifecentre and WISH.
The Charity Committee, composed of Lower Sixth pupils representing each House, has been planning events since the beginning of the academic year. As a result, the Lent Term was packed with games, dress-up days, sponsored activities, charity lunches, raffles, tournaments, bake sales, quizzes – all these organised and run by pupils for pupils.
To raise money for our chosen charities, we held events such as a dodgeball tournament, a karaoke night, a home clothes day (with the theme of wearing only your favourite colour), movie nights and more. We, as Charity reps from all Houses, met weekly with Mrs Dugdale and Father Richard to ensure that all activities would run smoothly and to support each other. On Fridays, to kick off charity weeks, we delivered a speech in assembly to inform students about our chosen charities, upcoming events and how they could contribute. We also ensured that every required venue for the week’s planned activities was booked in advance and prepared for the event, in addition to making sure they were all well-advertised and attended. Vlad Enache-Pescariu, Teme House
In our House discussions took place to find out who was interested in becoming a charity representative, with the two reps finally chosen by our Housemistress. Our job as Charity Reps began by asking pupils in our House which charities they would be most interested in supporting; a shortlist was made and everyone had the opportunity to vote for their preferred charity. We spent many weeks in discussion over the activities we wanted to arrange alongside reps from other Houses. During our charity week we hosted a cookies sale, netball and football tournaments, and a home clothes day, where pupils had an opportunity to wear their pyjamas, which made it quite fun. Beatrice Jordan and Isabella Hope, Manor House
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