Update December, 2011:

Charity and Voluntary Services.

We would like to thank you for your generosity this term.   It began with a great response to our harvest appeal and has gathered momentum throughout the term.   We have raised £3315 in the Autumn Term.

We also collected 136 boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Rev Burns said “136 children will be touched by expressions of love in a way that they may never before have known!”

We raised £1264 for Children in Need. The fund-raising director, Sarah Monteith said “Wow, fantastic - that is way above the average but then that is King’s.”

You have enthusiastically supported the Key Stage appeals this term and there have been lots of innovative events - from Zumba to Bench Ball to Talent shows to the very successful Christmas Fete.  

Lots of you have also given many hours in Voluntary Service this term.

Thank you.

Mrs Didlick and Mrs Day

Voluntary Service Coordinators

All girls work in the local community and raise money for worthwhile causes. Fundraising has been an integral part of school life for many years and we always consider girls' suggestions about causes we could support.

Sixth form girls volunteer and work as classroom assistants in local primary schools and also help out with younger children in swimming lessons.

We also regularly support a number of local charities including children at the Women's Refuge in Leamington Spa, Operation Christmas Child and the Leamington Mission.

King's High regards voluntary service as not only a key benefit to the recipients but also a valuable educational experience for our students.  For the last three years we have fostered special relationships with three schools in India; deaf school and railway children school in Jaipur and primary school in Dundlod where they spend a week teaching.  In each of these years, a sixth form group has visited these schools, and in advance of this the girls have raised substantial funds in order to ensure that the visit has significant practical benefits rather than merely being a school trip.  Girls have found these trips both challenging and rewarding; a challenge to their preconceptions about the poor in India yet hugely personally rewarding in terms of their interaction with the optimistic and resilient children that they have met on their journey.