December 2010 - Wentworth High School

SMSC Faculty
What a busy start to the year it has been in the SMSC faculty….
Harvest
This year our students showed how caring and considerate they were by
donating items of food for the Windsor Loaves and Fishes Drop‐In Centre in
Salford. The drop‐in provides, amongst other things, hot food for homeless and
vulnerable people in our community.
Year 9 volunteers ran the Harvest project themselves as part of their Citizenship Activities; designing
posters and arranging form collections. The final collection was an impressive sight and the centre
had so send their ‘man and van’ out to collect it all. Special thanks must go to 11H who collected a
huge amount of food and wrote a lovely card to the volunteers and users of the centre.
Operation Christmas Child
At the moment we are all digging out our Christmas wrapping paper and
sticky tape… a little early you might think, but this is for children around the
world who are living in the direst of circumstances; victims of war, poverty,
famine and disease. All boxes are given to the neediest children regardless
of nationality, political background or religious beliefs.
Volunteers, Dean Mellor, Wayhu Kelsall,
Shania Eardley, Kerry Ann Haggan and Bethany Harrop choose and
publicised the event and helped to giftwrap boxes. Pupils in school
helped to make up nearly 40 shoe boxes. These brightly wrapped
boxes are filled with small gifts of toys, sweets, educational supplies,
or hygiene items for some of the world’s poorest children.
Children in Need
As well as the non-uniform day we had busker Mr Riley, raising money
through entertaining pupils with his impressive vocal and guitar playing
talents at break and lunchtime, and our year 9s helped to run a raffle to
add to the total of nearly £700!
It never fails to amaze me that our pupils are so
thoughtful of others. Teenagers get such a bad press at
times, but I am very proud of the citizens of Wentworth
who so consistently ask, ‘What can I do to help others?’
Miss K Barratt
Head
of SMSC