SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT…

BOHUNT SCHOOL WORTHING: BSW IN THE COMMUNITY

It was a busy spring term for BSW! Here are a few highlights where the Community was at the centre of BSW’s students’ day.

Little Life Savers

Little Life Savers is an amazing local charity set up by a Bohunt parent. This charity visits schools and teaches younger students how to get help if an emergency situation happens around them and basic Lifesaving skills. All BSW Y7 students have participated in a Little Life Savers workshop and Y8 students will be taking part soon.

Mrs Stanley who runs the charity always encourages other Bohunt parents to become volunteers to go into schools to teach these life-saving skills to as many students in as many schools as possible so if a child finds themselves in an emergency situation they would have recall of the skills necessary to help someone until help came.

Victoria Y7: What were the different life saving skills that you learnt?

We learnt how to do chest compressions with two hands. You give 20 pushes lightly (but not too lightly) which is for keeping the heart beating. You can hit their back lightly with the heel of your hand. You would use this when food is stuck in their throat. Also there was a recovery position which you use while you are waiting for someone to come and help.

Faith Y7 :Why do you think it is important to learn life saving skills?

I think it is important because if you see anyone choking even if you don’t know them you can still help them.

Ella Y7 : Why do you think Little Life Savers is an important charity?

I think it is an important charity because it teaches younger people how to save lives.

Little Life Savers can be found at: https://www.littlelifesavers.org/ https://twitter.com/littlifesavers https://www.facebook.com/LittleLifeSaversCharity https://www.instagram.com/little.lifesavers/

Alice In Wonderland

In February BSW students put on a magical performance of Alice in Wonderland. The cast and crew put hours of their own time into making a colourful and creative feast for the eyes. The busy cast and crew participated in weekend rehearsals and decorated a lot of the set pieces themselves to captivate audiences.

They also gave an exclusive performance to over 250 pupils from local primary schools and a few lucky Bohunt Horsham students as well!

Cast member Clara L Y8 said this about her experience:

Playing Alice was a long but exciting journey, I’d be lying if I said it was easy as it was such a big role, unlike anything I had done before. Even though I found it challenging, the staff support, especially the drama teachers made me feel more confident in myself and the work I was doing.

The cast I was working with were all so talented. I loved seeing each scene come together incorporating everyone’s ideas making the most incredible feeling to each scene when we would perform it. We couldn’t do the show though without the stage and tech crew who worked so hard on props, sounds and lighting that I think brought the show to life. It was such a rewarding experience and I thank everyone for the encouragement and support throughout Alice.