Fleming Charity Week

Fleming’s proud association with Katja house is long standing. For those of you new to the House this is an orphanage in Nepal that was set up and run by Island School. It has provided shelter for about 60 children whose ages range from 4-18. We have had a fun filled week without forgetting that we are raising money for a charity close to our hearts.

Under the guidance of our Heads of House, Mrs. Worthington and Mr. Tudor and with the support of the Fleming form tutors, the help of 12F charity prefects and with everyone in the house pitching in, this has been a very successful week. The 2011 charity week has been one of our best ever. It kicked off with a Dress Red Day, followed by the entire House forming a giant letter ‘F’ for Fleming on the green area. 7F took part in a Sponsored Silence for a whole school day, which was challenging but also created a quieter environment around school. 8F really enjoyed sponging the teachers. Mrs. Worthington, Mr. Tudor, Mrs. Boag, Mr. Nicholls, Mr. Rutter and Mr. Reed all kindly volunteered to be hit with soggy sponges to raise money. 9F treated the school to a delicious bake sale; we could have some budding Jamie Olivers or Nigella Lawsons there! 10F cooled down in the pool for their Sponsored Swim whilst 11F baked in the sun for their Sponsored Run with Mrs. Worthington. The grand finale of the week was the Fleming Carnival which involved 12F and 13F working collaboratively to put together a fun and lively afternoon which included balloon drops, tie dyeing, pizza sales and rousing vocals from Fleming students.

In the weeks to come we look forward to our Fleming prefects, who are travelling to Katja House during CAS week, reporting back on their experiences and hearing how the money will be utilized. Mrs. Worthington and Mr. Tudor would like to thank all Fleming students and staff for their energy, enthusiasm and support with the Fleming charity week. The week has so far raised an amazing HK$28,000. Well done Fleming!!!!

Please see photograph album…here

Nigvi Tam & Michelle Kung - 12F

Kids4Kids

Last year 3 year 12 students, Charles Yau, Ted Clifford and Kimmy Piedmont got together to form the Island School branch of Kids 4 Kids, a completely student led charity focused on helping other young people around the world, with the mission ‘For kids, by kids’. We participated in Books For a Cause, a massive effort to collect and donate educational and junior books to students and schools in need around Asia, but particularly in disadvantaged parts of Hong Kong and China where students lack appropriate reading and reference material.

Island School alone collected and shipped over 500 books to Kids 4 Kids. As a group we just wanted to thank everyone who contributed by donating books, in particular the Island School English department for their generous donations, and everyone who showed up to help us pack them. We’re all looking forward to participating in the event again next year and furthering Island School’s involvement with this great cause.

Ted Clifford – 13F

Dr Willie Smits Visits Island School

On Friday 26th December Dr Willie Smits of the Masarang Foundation will be visiting Island School. The aim of the Masarang Foundation is “to save the environment through the active participation of local people. Through its projects, the foundation works on solutions for the most pressing problems the world currently faces: climate change, extinction of plants and animals, destruction of ecosystems, poverty and underdevelopment.”

One of the Foundation’s projects is the Tasikoki Animal Rescue Centre in Sulawesi. This November a team of Island School students will be working at Tasikoki for their CAS week. Together with WAMBO (the school’s environment group) and other members of the Island School community, the Taskikoki students will be helping to raise funds to support the Masarang Foundation. We hope that this is the start of a long association between the school and the foundation.
For more information on the Masarang Foundation please look up their website Masarang…here. You can also look up the Masarang Hong Kong which has been set up in HK to raise awareness of the work of the foundation Masarang HK. It is also worth watching Dr Smits TED talk to find out more about his reforestation projects TED Talk.

Mathew Rappel - Advanced Diploma Co-ordinator/ Teacher of Business Studies