Liphook Community Magazine Spring 2018

Churcher’s College
JAKE’S HAIRCUT RAISES OVER £675 FOR CHARITY
Churcher’s College Junior School pupil, Jake Barnes said farewell
this month to his long locks for two children’s cancer charities
and has raised over £675 so far in doing so. The hair itself has
been donated to The Little Princess Trust and the money to
Children with Cancer UK.
10 year old Jake was inspired by his friend’s cancer diagnosis last
year and wanted to do something to make a difference. The Little
Princess Trust make wigs for children having cancer treatment
and Children with Cancer UK raises awareness, conducts
research and supports young cancer patients and their families.
Jake explains: “I grew my hair especially to be cut off and made into
a wig for children who have lost theirs due to cancer treatment.
If you want to do the same thing as me your hair needs to be at
least 7 inches long. I grew my hair for 6 months and had it cut
in January. My hair will be donated to the Little Princess Trust. I
also wanted to raise money to donate to Children with Cancer
UK as they do really important work.”
To promote his cause during the six month growing, Jake made
a poster which local Petersfield hair salon, Salon Sixteen, put up
for customers to see alongside a donation box. Salon Sixteen also
cut Jake’s hair for no charge to help the cause. Family and
friends have all donated and to date have raised £250 in cash
donations as well as the amount at JustGiving - in total over £675!
If you would like to donate, please visit Jake’s JustGiving page
here: https://www.justgiving.com/jakehbarnes
For more information about Little Princess Trust go to:
http://www.littleprincesses.org.uk/
For more information about Children with Cancer UK go to
https://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/
GROWTH MINDSET @ CHURCHER'S COLLEGE
JUNIOR SCHOOL
Year 6 treated the school to a super assembly all about
‘Growth Mind-set’. The children explained that in order to
grow and learn you needed to have a positive mind-set and
believe with effort you can improve.
The children also explained Churcher’s Juniors 5R’s of Readiness,
Responsibility, Resilience, Resourcefulness and Reflectiveness that
are key skills to be an effective learner.
They performed short sketches explaining what these words mean
and enjoyed a dance about the ‘Power of YET’ learning that you
may not be able to do it . . . YET . . . but if you use the 5Rs you will
achieve your goal!
JUNIOR SCHOOL SCIENCE GOPHER AFTERNOON
Year 5 enjoyed a fascinating afternoon of science at the Senior
School this Tuesday. The Y7 children acted as hosts and took
the children through a series of experiments.
One of the favourites was writing a secret message in lemon juice
and then revealing this writing by 'wafting' the paper through a
naked flame - too long in the flame and the message went up in
smoke! Among the other investigations, the children created rainbows
by mixing different densities of coloured salt solution and
made their own slime. Science Coordinator Mr Nathan Rushin and
Year 5 pupils would like to thank Mrs Mandy Westwood and the Y7
Gophers for making the afternoon such a success!
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