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King's In The Community
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.
For example, the school has a strong relationship with the local elderly club, the Iris Lees Day Club. Year 7 girls provide entertainment at Christmas and host an annual lunch for their elderly neighbours in the Summer. Girls in Years 8 and 9 maintain their garden, while Year 10 girls help out at events, in the charity shop and sometimes act as bingo callers.
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.
Fundraising This section is being developed.
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