term 1 october 2011.qxp - The St Leonards Academy
term 1 october 2011.qxp - The St Leonards Academy
term 1 october 2011.qxp - The St Leonards Academy
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OLD UNIFORM SENT TO AFRICA<br />
More than 1000 old and new school uniforms were<br />
shipped to Africa over the summer. Mr Mativenga<br />
organised for T-shirts to be sent to Chisungo School<br />
in Zimbabwe. <strong>The</strong>y were so excited about receiving<br />
them, even the teachers had been trying them on!!<br />
<strong>The</strong> uniforms will be used during sports events and<br />
the different colour logos will finally allow pupils the<br />
opportunity to represent their team. 500 jumpers<br />
have also been shared between three local villages<br />
in the Midland Provence.<br />
Boxes of uniforms have also been shipped to Sierra<br />
Leone. <strong>The</strong> clothes arrived safely at Huntingdon<br />
Junior and Senior Secondary School, who <strong>The</strong> <strong>St</strong><br />
BP TRADING CHALLENGE HITS HASTINGS!<br />
THE ST LEONARDS ACADEMY<br />
<strong>Leonards</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> continues to have a strong link<br />
with. <strong>The</strong> local community are also going to use the<br />
uniform during special events. Teachers at the<br />
school extend their thanks to all staff, pupils and<br />
parents who have supported the link.<br />
Amber Rudd, the local MP, has expressed her thanks<br />
by writing a letter to the school: "This is a<br />
wonderful gesture by staff and pupils from the old<br />
Filsham Valley School and it is an excellent project<br />
to show young people in Hastings and <strong>St</strong> <strong>Leonards</strong><br />
that children in other parts of the world do not have<br />
the same advantages that we take for granted in<br />
this country."<br />
In the first cross academy enterprise event both <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Leonards</strong> and Hastings academies welcomed<br />
representatives of BP to their venues so that students could<br />
experience the buying and selling of shares on the stock<br />
market.<br />
Nearly 500 students across three sites benefited from the<br />
experience, with teams working to make the most of the<br />
'money' they had to play with. Enterprise and employability<br />
skills were to the fore - along with a real-life application of<br />
numeracy.<br />
As in real life trading, there were some who invested wisely<br />
and were rewarded with a healthy bank balance - others<br />
were left nursing a substantial debt. All left the experience<br />
with a greater understanding of the stock market, and an<br />
enhanced ability in <strong>term</strong>s of teamwork and decision<br />
making!<br />
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