Whilst these pages will give a very good overview of the school, I would far rather show parents and children around the school. I am certain that you will not only receive up to date information during that visit, but you will also get a true feeling of The Downs, Malvern buzz!
Alastair S Cook
Headmaster
HELP FOR HAITI
In Assembly on Monday, Sarah Grout very kindly presented to us one of the"Green Boxes" seen on Sky News and other news channels.
These boxes are being put together at the
ShelterBox Centre at Helston in Cornwall and are being funded by, amongst others, The Rotary Club of Great Britain.
ShelterBox is usually one of the first aid agencies on the ground in emergency situations, like the terribly tragic disaster currently unfolding in Haiti.They use their military expertise – founder Tom Henderson is ex-military, as are many of Shelterbox employees and volunteers – to transport survival boxes to the heart of disasters as quickly as possible.
Each box has the equipment for a family of up to ten people to survive when they are left with nothing: A purpose designed tent, cooking equipment, water purification kit, bedding and other supplies depending on the nature of the situation.
Each box costs
£490 to fill and transport to where it is needed, with the support necessary to make sure the equipment is distributed and used to its utmost advantage.The children here are determined to help the children in Haiti and, having seen the contents of one of the ShelterBoxes laid out in front of the tent in the Memo Hall, we would like to raise enough money to buttwo boxes to send to Port-au-Prince.
If any parents can come up with any whizz ideas, please do send them into me at this address and we will try and put them into our programme. One idea was that the Headmaster and Mr. James should be sponsored to sleep in the tent on the school front lawn for a whole week!!!!
If you would like to read more about ShelterBox and the work this terrific charity does, please click on;
http://www.shelterbox.org