Challenge Your Limits 2022 Programme

2022

BELIEVE IMAGINE CREATE A BETTER TOMORROW

27 JUNE - 01 JULY

CYL 2022 This year we are excited to build on the foundations of our ‘doing the right thing’ campaign which was a hallmark of Challenge Your Limits 2021 by focusing on the concept of creating a better tomorrow. We are working with a range of alumnae and external organisations who are seeking to create a more positive, kinder and compassionate world in their endeavours, whether this is through social enterprise, a focus on wellbeing or a commitment to improving the sustainability of our planet.

In 2022 our Challenge Your Limits Week coincides with World WellBeing Week which is focusing on the many aspects of wellbeing, from meaningful, purposeful work to financial security, physical, mental and emotional health, social resilience and empathic corporate and civic leadership, community relations and care for the environment. The week is celebrating the positive aspects that came out of the pandemic: our huge capacity for change, different ways of thinking, and a new-found resilience. We are very pleased to be focusing on wellbeing in its many guises, and how it can help us create a better tomorrow, in the activities we have planned for CYL 2022.

Challenge Your Limits began eight years ago as a programme designed to shine a spotlight on the importance of resilience as a means of overcoming fear of failure and perfectionism. The centrality of resilience to personal and professional fulfilment remains at the heart of our messaging. In 2022 we are proud to consider this in relation to the role of our generation of students who have the potential to be profoundly influential in the creation of a better tomorrow for everyone. ‘Believe, Create, Imagine’ are our key words this year and we hope they will inspire you all to embrace optimism about what the future could hold.

We would like to thank the PTFA for their generous sponsorship of this event. We are very appreciative of this support. I would also like to thank the student committee for their boundless energy, enthusiasm and support for the week. They have been stars.

Anna Paul, Senior Deputy Head (Pastoral)

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MONDAY 27 JUNE WELLBEING ACTIVITIES Break/ Assembly

Wellbeing Urban Jungle - Come and make a pledge to make a better tomorrow.

Just Dance

MAIN CORRIDOR

PE VIEWING GALLERY

YOGA WITH THE LUMI FOUNDATION Period 3 YEAR 7 Period 4 YEAR 10

10.30am-12.00pm

Join us for a yoga class with Old Dolphin Kate Goodhart and practise the skills and techniques to focus on your inner wellbeing. The class will finish with a loving kindness meditation.

This will send love, peace and joy to yourself, and then extend your heart to send those same thoughts to others in your life.

SPORTS HALL

By the end of the class, you’ll have the tools needed to create compassion for yourself and others, to create connection with the community around you, and to embrace a better tomorrow.

SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE FINAL

SITTING ROOM

ALESSANDRA GALLONI Alessandra Galloni, editor-in-chief of Reuters, will be speaking about the role journalism plays in the modern world and the progression of women in this profession.

Lunchtime FOR ALL

HALL

DANCING DOCTOR NIRJA JOSHI Old Dolphin Dr Nirja Joshi, known as the ‘dancing doctor’, returns to provide a wellbeing workshop including a dance session and wellbeing talk for all students.

ASTRO

TRAMPOLINING CLUB

SPORTS HALL

Bring a buddy for free to try Trampolining.

JIM SMITH: FROM FROGS TO HUMANS - JUST AS WE’D HOPED 5.00-6.00pm ALL INCLUDING PARENTS

After school

Jim Smith is a developmental biologist who served as Director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) National Institute for Medical Research. He will be talking about how the analysis of frog embryos has helped researchers to engineer stem cells which can contribute to regenerative medicine.

Please click here to register.

PILATES CLUB Bring a buddy for free to try Pilates.

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HALL

PE VIEWING GALLERY

TUESDAY 28 JUNE Before school

TRAMPOLINING CLUB Bring a buddy for free to try Trampolining.

SPORTS HALL

LSE GENERATE PROGRAMME

Periods 2 and 3 LOWER SIXTH

9.30-9.40am

A programme of activities and talks focused on innovation, selfagency and creativity.

A unique opportunity to have a go at working with a CEO and solving real-life business challenges through innovation. You’ll be presented with a business challenge that a Founder is currently facing and you’ll get to work alongside the decision makers to offer ideas on how to move forward!

WORDS OF WELCOME AND INSPIRATION BY ELLA WOODWARD, FOOD WRITER AND ENTREPRENEUR PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LSE ALUMNAE AND ENTREPRENEURS

9.40-10.30am

What is it like to leave university and get your first “real” job or start an actual business? How do you go about preparing for that dream job - is there even a dream job out there? Why is it so important to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset when curating your own career path? Hear directly from our student innovators who will share their own personal experiences, offer some radical and refreshing tips, and answer any and all of your questions.

MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS WITH PERSIAN KITCHEN ICE CREAM!

10.30-11.00am

Grab an ice-cream from our LSE Generate start-up Persian Kitchen (it’s our favourite gelateria in London!) and mingle with our Founders, asking them absolutely anything about their professional journeys. No wrong questions, apart from the ones you don’t ask!

CHOOSING THE RIGHT CAREER

11.00am-12.00pm

This workshop helps us pinpoint what matters to us each of us in a “job”, helping us link up our talents and passions with our potential careers choices. Through a series of innovative activities and creative challenges we’ll get to know our values and ourselves better with the hope that we’ll find a job we love.

Through self exploration, letter writing, dream job spec artwork, and some musical surprises we’ll emerge with a clear head and practical actions as to what our next (or even first!) professional steps might be.

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HALL

ACTION BREAKS SILENCE: SELF DEFENCE WORKSHOP 10.30am-1.00pm YEAR 9

Being able to protect yourself in all situations is a confidence booster as much as it is reassuring and a way to build resilience.

This workshop will be an empowering introduction to selfdefence skills.

WELLBEING ACTIVITIES

Break/ Assembly

Wellbeing Urban Jungle - Come and make a pledge to make a better tomorrow.

Yoga

SPORTS HALL

MAIN CORRIDOR PE VIEWING GALLERY

ACTION BREAKS SILENCE: SELF DEFENCE WORKSHOP 1.30-4.00pm YEAR 10

Being able to protect yourself in all situations is a confidence booster as much as it is reassuring and a way to build resilience.

This workshop will be an empowering introduction to selfdefence skills.

SPORTS HALL

CREATIVE RELEASE - A CREATIVE SPACE AND LIVE WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST NATHANIA ARITAO

LIBRARY CLASSROOM

BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE (BSL)

Lunchtime FOR ALL

This is a beginners level session run by our BSL Society. BSL is mainly used by the deaf community, but that doesn’t mean hearing people can’t learn it. It’s a beautiful language, and allows people to be expressive and inclusive. Come along to learn all about it.

HALL

MUN TASTER SESSION Come along to MUN to experience a taster session trying to solve the issue of the danger posed by nuclear weapons. You will be allocated a country to represent to discuss this crucial issue, working with delegates from other countries to find a solution. This is a great opportunity to test out your public speaking, negotiation and bluffing skills!

5.30-7.30pm ALL INCLUDING PARENTS

After school

ROOM 9

A VIRTUAL CULINARY CHALLENGE Calling all parents and students to cook live with our very own food influencers, Mrs Martin and Mrs Main.

Please click here to register for the event.

DANCE CLUB Bring a buddy for free to try Dance Club.

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ONLINE

DANCE STUDIO

WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE WELLBEING ACTIVITIES Break/ Assembly

Wellbeing Urban Jungle - Come and make a pledge to make a better tomorrow.

MAIN CORRIDOR

Book Swap Period 3 YEAR 8 Period 4 YEAR 7

DICK MOORE: LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN Dick Moore is back by popular demand to talk to Years 7 and 8 about generating positive and optimistic mental health and wellbeing.

THE RETURN OF THE GODOLPHIN AND LATYMER MINI FARM!

Lunchtime FOR ALL

By popular demand we have the return of our much-loved pigs Snout and Crackling, as well as the sheep Coniston and Snowden, and a new addition for this year, the goats Palaver and Rigmarole! Visit these lovely animals for a calming wellbeing moment.

HALL

BACK OF BC

THE KINDNESS OF HUMAN KIND Mr Corish will be talking about his amazing experience of walking across France and Ireland, relying on the kindness of others for shelter and support.

Lunchtime

DEBATING THE FUTURE

YEAR 8 UPWARDS

Come and test your ability to debate, argue and listen powerfully with Julian Bell, our former Head of English and debating coach.

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HALL

ROOM 33

THURSDAY 30 JUNE WELLBEING ACTIVITIES Break/ Assembly

Wellbeing Urban Jungle - Come and make a pledge to make a better tomorrow.

Limerick/Haiku competition

MAIN CORRIDOR HALL

THRIVING THOUGH THE TEENAGE YEARS, IN SPORT AND IN LIFE: A TALK BY THE WELL HQ Period 3 YEAR 8

We are delighted The Well are joining us to discuss a range of issues that relate to teenagers’ health including the importance of sport and the role it can play in promoting wellbeing.

HALL

TRASHION SHOW Lunchtime FOR ALL

A very popular CYL event is back! Years 7-10 have the chance to create wonderful fashion designs out of recycled materials. Expect amazing levels of creativity and originality, show-cased on a catwalk in our beautiful courtyard.

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COURTYARD

SCHOOL BIRTHDAY

CELEBRATION FRIDAY 1 JULY

SPEAKERS YOGA WITH THE LUMI FOUNDATION These yoga classes will be offered by Lumi Foundation, a registered charity with a mission to make yoga accessible and affordable to everyone. Age, gender, religion, race, nationality, financial situation, social standing, sexuality, disability and vulnerability does not matter to Lumi Foundation – everyone is welcome!

ALESSANDRA GALLONI

Alessandra Galloni became editor-in-chief of Reuters in April 2021. She oversees all editorial functions across video, text, pictures, and graphics. She is the first female editor-in-chief in the organisation’s 170-year history.

Previously, Alessandra was global managing editor, overseeing news planning and creation where she was responsible for overseeing the global dimensions of Reuters coverage and developing stories with a cross-regional focus. She first joined Reuters in 1996 for the Italian-language news service in Rome, later moving to the equities reporting team in London. She re-joined Reuters in September 2013 as editor of the Southern Europe bureau following 13 years at the Wall Street Journal, where she worked as a reporter, economics and business writer and editor, in London, Paris and Rome.

DR NIRJA JOSHI

Old Dolphin Nirja, known as the ‘dancing doctor’, returns to provide a wellbeing workshop. This includes a dance session and wellbeing talk. Full-time doctor and part-time dance instructor, Nirja believes in promoting the body positivity and health benefits that dance offers. As well as encouraging medics to integrate movement into their workplace, Nirja believes emotional wellbeing should not be forgotten. Through ‘The WorkWell Doctors’ platform, Nirja provides resources and webinars to support the wellbeing of NHS staff and healthcare professionals.

JIM SMITH

Jim is a developmental biologist who served as Director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) National Institute for Medical Research, where he helped establish the Francis Crick Institute. He is Secretary of the Zoological Society of London, and until recently was Director of Research Programmes at Wellcome. Jim was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1993 and of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998, and was knighted in 2017.

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SPEAKERS LSE GENERATE

ACTION BREAKS SILENCE

Action Breaks Silence is an education charity established to create a world free from the fear of violence against women and girls and the threat of such violence.

This is achieved through their Community Intervention Programme, currently taught free of charge in Lambeth, funded by the London Community Foundation; the Youth Ambassador Programme which will launch this summer, tackling violence against women and girls in youth relationships; Empowerment Through Self Defence workshops and Understanding ‘Toxic Masculinity’ workshops, which are taught across London and Greater London in schools and aims to engage, educate and empower young people to become active bystanders to sexual harassment and violence.

A VIRTUAL CULINARY CHALLENGE

A virtual bake-off competition for all! Our very own food influencers Mrs Martins and Mrs Main will be challenging you to cook live with them. The challenge will involve creating a Saint Honoré cake filled with chantilly cream and topped with spun sugar.

Please click here to register for the event.

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SPEAKERS DICK MOORE Dick Moore was an English teacher, rugby coach, senior school housemaster and the Head of a co-educational day and boarding school.

He has spoken at over 450 schools, businesses, universities and conferences around the world about his passion for the emotional and mental health of young people. Dick is an instructor for Mental Health First Aid, and a speaker for the Charlie Waller Trust. Dick has appeared on BBC Breakfast, ITN News, BBC Radio 5 Live and numerous local radio stations. He gave a TEDx talk in 2015 and a Head talk in 2018. He has a passion for all sport (especially Fulham FC!), the Gallipoli Campaign and the American Civil War.

THE KINDNESS OF HUMAN KIND

Mr Corish is half-French and half-Irish. While growing up he moved quite a lot between France and Ireland. During his mechanical engineering studies he made the most of his summers back-packing in South America, working on organic farms in Africa and cycling across Europe.

In 2014, having finished his masters, he embarked on quite a different journey. Closer to home, he decided to walk from his native village in the south of France, diagonally across France, cross the sea to Ireland and walk around the island of Ireland to finish in his home town in Dublin. A total of 3,000km, he depended solely on the spontaneity and generosity of people he met along the way - he took no money, no credit cards, no backpack, no phone, no maps. Come and hear the story of the four month journey!

JULIAN BELL

Mr Bell, author, debating expert and former Head of English at Godolphin and Latymer, will be back to give a debating workshop in the PE Viewing Gallery. Learn to use your debating and listening skills to campaign for a better tomorrow.

THE WELL The Well is an organisation focused on providing outstanding education about wellbeing and the teenage years.

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CYL 2022

BELIEVE IN A BETTER TOMORROW

IMAGINE A BETTER TOMORROW

CREATE A BETTER TOMORROW

27 JUNE - 01 JULY