Shoe Box Appeal & “Write for Rights”
Our role as a Gold Rights Respecting School is to ensure our students have the opportunity to learn more about how to be Global citizens and to take an active role in participating and advocating for others. As a college we encourage our students to partake in as many opportunities as they can to take action and to support those in their local and wider communities.
This week has been a busy week for all of our students as we have encouraged them to engage in Amnesty International’s ‘Write for Rights’ campaign. Over the last two days students from Years 7-10 have been learning about a number of human rights figures who have had their rights taken away and are being punished for trying to fight for a more just and equal society. Students have listened to their stories and have been tasked with writing letters of solidarity to those imprisoned and also to Government officials calling for action. Once all of the letters have been collated, we shall be sending them off to Amnesty International who will then see that our messages of support are passed onto those whose voices have been silenced.
Over the last two weeks our Year 7 and 8 tutor groups, alongside their families and friends, have come together to support the fantastic ‘House of Opportunity’ charity with their Christmas Shoebox Appeal.
Each year the charity sends thousands of boxes all over Southeast Europe to some of the poorest communities providing families with some essentials as well as gifts to bring joy to those who need it most.
This year our Year 7 and 8 tutor groups wanted to take part and between them donated enough items to fill over 45 shoe boxes to send away. From wonderful handmade items to toiletries and books, and enough sweets to open our own sweet shop, our students supported this appeal in their droves.
I would like to thank all students for their contributions and for the group of students who supported with the packing and wrapping of all the boxes.
Lastly, we could not have achieved this without your support and generosity so thank you very much for allowing our students to take part in this worthwhile event.
