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Charities Update


Autumn 2011


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his term girls across the school have worked hard to raise money for a number


of different charitable campaigns, including Children in Needand Pink Week.


pink week


All together the girls raised over £600 during Pink Weekthrough home clothes days, cake sales and individual efforts, a remarkable achievement.


A special mention must go to Antonia Goodman (Year


9) for her sponsored silence which raised the incredible sum of £108.26pin aid of Breast Cancer Awareness.


Mr Lamb Charities Co-ordinator


he Year 12 Actions Not Words Fair-trade grouphave had a very successful term! After


Fair-trade Shop Opens


Over 100 shoeboxes dispatched!


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setting ourselves up as official ‘Fair traders’with Traidcraft, we began the long process of gathering evidence and campaigning to gain the school Fair-trade Status. On 23 November we opened our Fair-trade shop! It has been a real success, and we have had to top up our supplies already. The shop opens every Wednesday lunchtime in the Chaplaincy Common Room, selling snacks, gifts and cards. Next term we aim to add more fair-trade products to our range.


Actions Not Words


One November evening after school a group of enthusiastic girls piled into the Food and Nutrition room with Mrs Margrett to learn how to make and ice cupcakes. The result: over 150 very pink cupcakes and a group of proud girls! Their pink creations were sold at lunchtime the following day, and raised almost £80for Breast Cancer Care.


hanks to the generosity of Mayfield girls, parents and staff, Mrs Margrett and six girls from the Year 12 Actions Not Words group were able to deliver 112


shoeboxes packed full of goodies to Link Romania's depot in Worthing on Tuesday 22 November.


The girls helped to pack the boxes into large crates ready to be dispatched to Eastern Europe. It was a moving experience; the girls were able to chat to one of the founders of the Link Romania shoebox scheme, about how important these small gifts are to familes in Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria, and how a small act of kindness can really make a difference.


Emma volunteers at Indian orphanage L


ast summer, my mother and I travelled to India to volunteer at ‘Navjagriti Collective Centre’, an orphanage centre in New Delhi.


FrenchExchangeStudents infiltrateHarrods!


The fifty hours that we worked there were the most unforgettable of my life.


Coming from Hong Kong, I have always been quite a spoiled city girl, and this trip really opened my eyes. We worked and played with the children at the orphanage who were aged between four and fourteen. I could feel their enthusiasm for learning English and Maths. My mum and I organised activities and helped build their team spirit. We were inspired by their happiness even living in such poor conditions; even just a simple paper heart or some stickers would make their day.


We were lucky to work with volunteers from all over the world, and we have made some lasting friendships with people from Germany, France, Poland, England, Spain, Australia and China.


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ur second French exchange was once again a great success!


Our French visitors very much enjoyed their many trips


to some of the best tourist attractions, including the Globe Theatre, Covent Garden, Canterbury Cathedral and the Cabinet War Rooms.


The highlight of the trip was, for many, the subterfuge by which 26 thirteen year olds managed to outwit Harrods’ security! The doormen took one look at the approaching group of teenagers, and blocked every entrance they approached! Undaunted by this setback, the girls split up and entered in pairs by themselves, dodging any doorman who looked suspicious and using every available door. Fortunately, Harrods lived to tell the tale!


Our Year 9 girls are now looking forward to going to Paris in March, where our visits will include Versailles, the Musée d’Orsayand of course, the Eiffel Tower.


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It was a very meaningful and enriching experience; and it taught me that all the material things we have are not essential. Sometimes we just need to keep it simple and be grateful for what we have to make us truly happy. We are the lucky ones after all.


Emma Chu Year 11


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he Actions Not Words groups have also been


very busy, managing to run a Christmas Candy Cane service for Age UK, and to organise a home clothes day and a cake sale for CAFOD’s Kenya Appeal. A group took to the streets of Mayfield on Friday 2 December to entertain the late night shoppers with their enthusiastic renditions of favourite Christmas carols. Armed with homemade mince pies and dressed in festive hats, the girls managed to raise£100for CAFOD.


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