Bursar’s Review Summer 2021 Sample

Summer 2021 www.theisba.org.uk 6 News Boundary Oak pupils raise £1,500 for the Trussell Trust Pupils and teachers at Boundary Oak School, Hampshire, have raised nearly £1,500 for the Trussell Trust. Year 7 pupils also collected hundreds of food items for their local food bank. The Trussell Trust is a national charity that supports people and families in poverty and campaigns for a UK without the need for food banks. Led by Year 7 tutor, Mrs Sofia Almeida-Field, pupils helped to raise awareness for the charity at the school by creating posters and discussing the project at a school assembly. A non-school uniform day was also held to raise funds, which were collected via a JustGiving page. Spearheading efforts for the Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank were Year 7 pupils, Winnie Ball and Max Pestell, who did an amazing job of collecting food items from across the school. Supplies were then delivered to the food bank using the school’s minibus. Conifers pupils walk, run and cycle 1,250km In just 17 days, pupils from Conifers School, Midhurst, collectively walked, ran and cycled over 1,250km (equivalent to the length of Great Britain) in their local areas as part of a school-wide challenge. The school initiative spearheaded by Conifers’ mathematics teacher, Ollie Godden, was introduced to keep pupils active, healthy and connected with each other during lockdown. He said: “During lockdown pupils have been spending more time learning in front of screens; making it more important for them to get outside to protect their mental and physical health. I am so proud of our pupils and their families for how they really got stuck in”. New eco group for sixth form pupils seeks new members Sixth form pupils from six Surrey schools have launched a new eco group; Surrey Environmental Action Schools (SEAS), and they are looking for others to join them. SEAS members include Cranleigh School, The Howard of Effingham, St Catherine’s School, Frensham Heights, Gordon’s School, and the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. Pupils meet twice a term to support creative ways to address issues of sustainability and the climate and ecological crises. SEAS is leading a movement for real, student-led, ecological change. Its primary aim is to promote responsibility towards the environment within schools and their wider communities through campaigns, events, publications and activism. Any Surrey secondary school or college with a sixth form is welcome to join the network. For more information contact Philip Leamon at pml@cranleigh.org Tim Henman encourages youngsters to pursue their tennis dream Former British tennis number one, Tim Henman, visited Ackworth School in Pontefract, to celebrate a local project aimed at getting more young people involved in tennis and to launch his Foundation’s new fundraising campaign. This project, jointly funded by the Tim Henman Foundation and Ackworth School, in partnership with the LTA (the national governing body for tennis in Great Britain) has helped local coach, Alice Robson, bring tennis to nearly 2,000 pupils at 28 local primary schools. Alice said: “It has been a privilege to give so many children around Yorkshire the opportunity to play tennis for the first time. Seeing them pick up a racket and learn new skills is wonderful. Ensuring they have a positive first experience with tennis is important when trying to engage them with the sport and inspiring Britain’s tennis players”. The Tim Henman Foundation’s new campaign, #FindingYourSpark, is designed to help some of the country’s most vulnerable young people pursue their passions in disciplines like tennis, giving more children the chance to find their spark. Tim said: “Some of us are lucky enough to remember the moment we found our spark and the people who inspired us, in my case, through the tennis scholarship I was granted aged nine”. www.henmanfoundation.org/ get-involved/finding-your-spark