HALF CENTURY Women T


he Half Century Women are a group of female staff, all aged around the half century mark, and some younger male associates, who have come together to raise


money for the Batemans Trust.


This is a charity which provides a safe home, food, clothing, and an education for destitute children in Chennai in southern India (above). The trust accommodates around 45 children, some of whom are orphans, or have experienced abandonment, slavery or military service. Some have loving and committed parents who are unable to feed their sons and daughters themselves. All the children come from traumatic situations, but for the most part, remain warm- hearted, cheerful, fun-loving, ambitious, hardworking and optimistic.


Children cared for by the trust have an opportunity to gain qualifications, attend college or university, and enjoy the same freedom to hope and plan for their future that we all want for our children.


Currently The Half Century Women have five people running in the London 10k on July 21st


, four people learning to spin


plates, two people learning to juggle, one person losing weight and one adjudicator.


I would like to thank all the staff and students at the school for their interest and encouragement. Several students in Year 8 and 9 have written to the Batemans students, and are awaiting replies. If you would like to support us, the link to our justgiving page is: www.justgiving. com/fundraising/ halfcenturychallenge. You can also look out for us at the summer musical show!


Morgan: “What motivates me is the will to simply understand everything and how stuff works – it gives me an enormous sense of achievement – Ark GFS has been a great place to enable me to do so, providing the highest standards and expectations”. English, Maths, Triple science, French Computer science, Geography.


MEET SOME OF OUR AGFS GCSE STUDENTS:


THE CLASS OF 2019


Falcon: Triple science, History, French, Computer science, Maths, Further Maths, English. Lived in Spain for a few years (came back when he was 5) Enjoys reading, archery, climbing, kayaking and playing games. Wants to become a surgeon.


Ella: “My dream is to get into construction or programming – they’re both very male dominated industries but I’m not intimidated by that, I feel it’s time for a little bit of a change and it needs to start from somewhere”. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English, English Lit, French, Geography and


Maths.


Galin: “I am proud to be a high achiever but could not have done this without the school’s help and support”. Maths, English, Triple science, Computer science, History and French. Parents migrated from Bulgaria (Dad works in construction and Mum is a housewife). Wants to study Computer Science and become a


software engineer.


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