NHEHS CHARITY NEWSLETTER
Date: 7th March 2022
Supporting Ukraine
We have all been moved by the events unfolding in Ukraine and many of you naturally want to do something to help the adults and children who have had to flee their homes. A group of Y11 students have already responded by organising a bake sale and will be leading the school in a wear yellow and blue for a £2 day. Here are the events you can take part in at school to help raise money for the work of Unicef in Ukraine.
https://www.unicef.org/ukraine/en
Cake sale - Wednesday 2nd March
Collection of items - Wednesday 9th March - Monday 14th March
Wear yellow or blue dress up day - Friday 11th March
Second hand book sale - Tues 15th & Wed 16th March
Teacher quiz - Friday 11th March
Knit a yellow flower to be sold amongst the students and sta - See the pattern here
For the dress up day you can either give your £2 to your form tutor or donate through the Just Giving page.
If you have further ideas as to how the school can support Ukranians please speak to Lydia or Evangeline in Y11. For more details, you can also email Mrs Johnson s.johnson@nhehs.gdst.net
Y9 Charity events
Y9 have just completed a successful charity month raising money for Ashiana who provide refuge services for South Asian, Turkish and Iranian women. Below is a round up of some of the events held over the last month. Money is still being counted. The final total will be announced in the next newsletter.
Would I lie to you?
The Would I Lie To You event was hosted to raise money for Ashiana. It was a fun game that teachers played against a team of students, trying to guess whether a story was true or false. Lots of students came to watch the event and it was very successful. Millie Y9
The Masked Singer
For our Masked Singer event we invited teachers from various departments to sing anonymously from behind a curtain. For the event, students had to guess which teacher was singing from behind their "mask". We managed to get Ms Tollit, Mr Head, Ms Thomas and a duet of Ms Cagnino and Ms Newman to sing for the event. The winners were given prizes for guessing and we managed to raise a lot of money for our chosen charity, the Ashiana Network. Caitlin
Y9
Bubble tea
For one of our Year 9 Charity Events, to raise money for the Ashiana Network, we sold bubble tea. In preparation for the event, we bought boba, iced tea, cups, and straws. Although it was quite expensive to buy the products we needed, we were able to gain a large profit at the event. For the charity event we sold our various flavours of bubble tea in the Atrium and then later moved outside. The event was very successful and enjoyable, and it was a fun way for us, as Charity reps, to raise money for a charity we strongly believed in.
Hi! I’m Niamh and for A Level I study History, Politics and English Lit. I applied for the charity rep role because the wide range of charity events have always been a part of school that I've really liked, and I enjoyed being the charity rep in year 10 as well. In the past as I mentioned I was one of the charity reps but I have also volunteered at the British heart foundation charity in hammersmith as well as helping the school getting involved in the RoK network which helped distribute our old textbooks to schools in the UK and Nigeria and I also hope to volunteer at the Amnesty bookshop in Hammersmith.
Hi I’m Carmen and I’m so excited to be a new Charity rep this year. I really enjoy helping and getting involved with Volunteering. I really enjoy our school charity events and now get to help with them. I have been involved with lots of our year charity events so thought I would continue this as I really enjoyed it. I am looking forward to the upcoming Charity events and helping with them.
Hi, I'm Lollie and I'm in Year 10. I became a volunteering lead as I have always wanted to get involved in the charity events and programs that the school runs. I was a humanitarian rep in Year 9 and really enjoyed all the events that I got involved with and the PSCHEE lessons that I helped run. We also went on a trip to the Harrow Club, and I found it really interesting and inspiring to see how they were helping their community. I think that everyone should try and get involved in some form of volunteering as it is really fulfilling to see how your actions can help someone else.
Hey! I’m Millie and I’m so excited to be a Charity rep this year. I applied to be a charity rep because I enjoy volunteering and helping people and would love to be part of that for the school. I enjoy volunteering at a homeless shelter near my house and baking every week because I get to help out my local community.
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Amnesty International sta v students dodgeball
On Friday 11th February the Amnesty International team put on a very successful dodgeball event.
Many of you enjoyed watching and participating in the sta v students dodgeball for Amnesty International. It was a very energetic event! Thank you to all who took part and donated to this very worthwhile cause. Look out for further ways you can participate with Amnesty International.
Fairtrade week - 21st-25th February
This year ’ s Fairtrade week was celebrated again by the Humanitarian Leads. A successful bake sale was held last week by the group. Money raised will be donated to the Fairtrade foundation.
The Humanitarian leads will soon be visiting the junior school to speak to Y3 about why Fairtrade is important and Fairtrade items they can buy and enjoy.
Why Fairtrade is important?
Corinne Y9 writes ‘Fairtrade is important because it enables consumers to demand a better deal for those that produce our food to ensure that they are getting paid fairly for the work and food that they provide. Fairtrade’s approach provides safeguards against the exploitation of vulnerable and marginalised populations and helps promote protection of the natural environment.
Why I became a Humanitarian Lead? - The Humanitarian Leads have also shared their motivation for taking on the role.
I chose to become a Humanitarian Lead because I think that it is an amazing opportunity to make an impact, not only to school life but also to people around the world less fortunate than us. I have previously been a charity rep and have really enjoyed raising money for charities I strongly believe in, and the Humanitarian Lead role has helped me to do this on an even bigger scale. Becoming a Humanitarian Lead has helped me to learn about di erent issues facing the world today and has also made me realise that everyone can make a change no matter who they are. Bea Y9
I decided to become a humanitarian lead because I have enjoyed all my previous experiences when becoming a charity rep in year 8. I enjoy learning about various charities that benefit and help people through their struggles and change so many people's lives. I became a humanitarian lead so I can get inspired to change the world little by little. I believe that charities are one of the main ways of making the world a better place because they help spread awareness and help raise money for important causes.
Eleanor Y9
I chose to become a Humanitarian Lead because I enjoy giving to charity. I also believe that everyone should be treated equally no matter what and have fair working and living situations. I know that being a Year 9 Humanitarian won't make that big of a di erence to the world, but it is still a step closer. Additionally, this position can help me bring inequalities to light for my classmates and others as well as showing ways of helping people.
Areesha Y9
I wanted to be a humanitarian lead because I have always been very passionate about helping others and ever since I was very young, I have been very eager to help out at bake sales, skipathons and seasonal events in order to raise awareness for charities and the help that they provide and so I thought that this position would help me to further this passion and be able to put it into action as I could directly influence charity projects across the school. Corrine Y9
Books 2 Africa
Last term NHEHS sent o 764 Junior school and Senior school textbooks which are no longer used, owing to changes in the syllabus. It has been lovely to receive updates from the charity regarding our textbooks. They have arrived in Western Rural, Sierra Leone.
We look forward to further contact with this charity and hearing about the schools which are now teaching with our textbooks. We also hope to send further textbooks later in the year.
Acts of Kindness
In each newsletter, we will be highlighting a charity where they are run based on acts of kindness from volunteers in the community.
This week we are looking at… OCTOPUS FOR A PREEMIE
This is a group who crochet and knit little octopuses and jellyfish to comfort babies who decided to come into the world a little earlier than expected. To the premature baby, our carefully made octopus’s tentacles feel like their mother’s umbilical cord. Comforting the baby and reducing the risk of the little one pulling the medical bits and bobs they may need and potentially cause serious problems for them. They are a team of UK volunteers brought together by coordinators who make sure the octopuses are just right for premature babies and give them to an ever-increasing number of hospitals. They are always looking for more volunteers - from picking up the crochet hook to getting involved by donating money or supplies. If you would like to get involved, please see their website: https://www.octopusforapreemie.com/
ALso look out for our ‘Acts of Kindness Day’ which will be held on Wed 30th March. Ideas will be provided for how you can carry out an act of kindness for another member of the school community.
16+ volunteering
Age UK Greenford urgently need volunteers over the weekend April 21st to 24th April to help run a stall at Waitrose West Ealing from 10am to 2pm handing out brochures and information packs and membership forms for Age UK. If you are available at all over the weekend and would be happy to help out, please let Mrs Johnson know.
The Felix Project collects fresh, healthy food that cannot be sold. They deliver this food to charities and schools so they can provide healthy meals and help the most vulnerable in our society. Currently there are multiple places for volunteering in London with the closest to school being in Park Royal. There are three available jobs: Warehouse assistant, Driver (and Co
driver) and admin assistant with each role playing a huge part in stopping food waste. It is a great opportunity to get involved in your local community and The Felix Project would greatly benefit from your help. If you are interested in volunteering the link below will take you to the website page.
https://thefelixproject.org/help-us/volunteer-london
Over the last few months food supplies at the food bank warehouse have begun to run low. We will be holding a food collection for the food bank later on in March. Look out for details of this collection.
From the archives
This will be a new feature of the newsletter. We will be hearing about charity and volunteering work throughout the history of NHEHS each month. Maybe we can recreate some of the events held over the past 150 years.
The Honey and Grape farm
- The Honey and Grape farm is a farm in Sudbury Hill (Greenford) where students visit and volunteer.
- Students take the mini bus to the farm and volunteered there for an hour before being released
- This is a great opportunity to do some charity work and create some opportunities
- New experiences
- You an contact Mrs Johnson if you would like to help out here
Do you have any stories of charity work you have done recently? Do you have ideas of what you would like us to do as a school?
If so, please let your charity reps know: Sophie Anwar and Niamh Mulligan or Mrs Johnson, Ms Newman and Ms Gamberini
We’d love to share your stories and help you with your ideas! Thank you for your continued support in all of our charity endeavours
