n As part of their community engagement work for Service Day, the Year 6 boys raised funds for the Spring Community Hub - an organisation dedicated to providing food support, social connection, and wellbeing services to the local community. The project began with an inspiring visit from Tijani, a volunteer from the Hub, who spoke to the boys about the organisation’s mission and the impact it has on the local community. The Year 6s enjoyed her visit enormously and were inspired to get going with their project straight away! Following this, each boy was given £5 as seed funding and tasked with forming small groups to design and run stalls for our Community Action Fair. Their planning process was broken down into steps and each group proved thoughtful and strategic in their approach. Groups considered themes that would be engaging, accessible, and financially sustainable, with the goal of maximising impact for the Hub. The Year 6s worked hard in their groups, delegating roles carefully between team members and enjoying the independence the project offered. On the day of the Community Action Fair, the boys carefully set up their stalls and eagerly awaited the fairgoers. Stalls included suction-arrow archery, basketball shoot-outs, corn throw competitions, and LEGO challenges to name just a few. Each one was enthusiastically run by the boys who organised themselves well. The event was well-received, with strong participation across the school community - it was wonderful to see so many parents, boys and staff members from across the College join us for the afternoon. Most importantly, the Year 6 boys managed to raise over £1,000 for the Spring Community Hub. An outstanding result! A particularly touching element of the project this year was that Tijani offered the boys the opportunity to state how they would like their donation to be used by the Hub. The boys’ responses demonstrated empathy, maturity, and were a wonderful insight into their values and understanding of community needs.
We are enormously proud of the boys’ efforts and the spirit of collaboration and compassion they brought to this initiative. Well done Year 6.
SPRING COMMUNITY HUB
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