Community service activities

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES 340 students from Years 10 and 11 and Sixth Form take part in community service activities on Thursday afternoons

Pupils from the Prep School visit local residential homes – over 40 children are involved in this each year.

Community Service Music performances have included visits to Christchurch Ward, the Bethesda Care Home and Henley Primary School.

Around 80 pupils each year spend their Thursday afternoons in

primary and special

schools, working with children, hearing them read and helping in the classroom.

Drama in the community

Our community service drama students visited St Matthew’s Primary School twice last year, firstly performing their self-devised panto ‘Strictly Cinderella’ and interacting with the students, and secondly leading a one hour workshop with Year 5 pupils. This afternoon of pupil-led activity was fun filled and encouraged the primary children to think creatively.

One of the drama students said afterwards: “It was extremely rewarding to see all the pupils expressing themselves so well, including those with learning disabilities and EAL pupils.” They also perform for patients in Ipswich Hospital every Thursday afternoon as part of the ‘Kissing it better’ project.