Hagley catholic high school

Events

Switch-It-Off Week

 

Together with schools and local authority organisations throughout Worcestershire, Hagley Catholic High School participated in a Switch-It-Off campaign from Monday 29^th October to Friday 2^nd November.

This involved using notices in every classroom and announcements in tutor groups from School Council reps, raising awareness of the importance of switching off lights and appliances, especially computers.

 

The Switch-It-Off campaign was successful and reduced electricity consumption by 67 units on the previous week.

 

Fair Trade Fair and Fashion Night

 

On Thursday 6^th December from 7.30 to 9.30 the school held its first ever Fair Trade Fair and Fashion Night. The evening showcased a multicultural dance from after-school dance club, music from Year 12 Eco Schools students and a catwalk fashion show featuring Eco Schools sympathisers modelling fashions by fair trade fashion pioneers People Tree and Traidcraft. The second half of the evening consisted of a Fair Trade fair, with stalls offering free fair trade wine-tasting, free chocolate tasting, free fair trade fruit salad, a display of products supplied by the Co-Op and a variety of hand made crafts and jewellery. The evning raised £500 for the Fair Trade initiative and more importantly raised awareness of fair trade among the school community. See picture gallery.

 

Peace Child ambassadors

 

In January 2008 seven Peace Child ambassadors visited Year 6 in St.Wulstan’s RC Primary School in Stourport-on-Severn and spent a whole afternoon raising awareness of the importance of recycling, energy saving and fair trade. The afternoon consisted of an interactive workshop and discussions. Each child made a number of personal pledges and a follow-up visit will be made to monitor the childrens’ commitment to their pledges. Evaluations of this event have been carried out by the pupils, by the class teacher and by the peace child ambassadors themselves. Evaluations have been very positive but the peace child ambassadors will be making some adjustments to their programme for the next roadshow, which will be at Our Lady and St.Kenelm’s. The Peace Child ambassadors were Hannah Kinney, Ailsa Suleman, Rob Nicholls, James Guy, Serena Ramnial, April Diviney and Jennie Owen. See picture gallery.

 

Bishops Wood Eco Schools Conference

 

On Wednesday 23^rd January four members of the Eco Schools team participated in an Eco-Schools conference at Bishops Wood, held after school from 4pm to 6pm. Four schools were represented at the conference and pupils were able to share their experiences of Eco-Schools and their plans for the future. The Hagley delegates were Sam Humphries, Tim Chater and Alex Green.

 

Haybridge High School Fair Trade Day

 

On Tuesday 15^th January the Hagley Year 8 Fair Trade Team took the Fair Trade message to Haybridge High School, where a special morning was devoted to fair trade issues. The Hagley Stall sold fair trade drinks and snacks throughout the lunch hour and also handed out leaflets to pupils. They also discussed fair trade with the Haybridge headteacher, Dr.Melvyn Kershaw. See picture gallery

 

Year 11 Prom Committee Fair Trade fund raiser

 

Throughout the Spring Term the Year 11 Prom Committee is selling fair trade fruit’n’chocolate sticks in the Music Suite every Thursday to raise funds for their Year 11 prom. This initiative has been led by John Griffiths, with chocolate supplied by the Fair Trade team.