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Character education
Qualities Shine Through
Sixth Form head Boy, george Flay, has written a
powerful, thought provoking and heartfelt letter.
great leadership skills and Character education are
shown in abundance here and his sense of
community and responsibility as head Boy shines
through brightly.
In his final paragraph george reminds us of the
important things in life, “The Coronavirus
pandemic, as with every other
cataclysmic force majeure, is a strident
reminder to enjoy the little things when
you can’t enjoy the big things.
A reminder to laugh even when you feel
you shouldn’t because that is exactly
when you need to laugh the most. Stay
safe.”
To read the letter in its entirity please
follow this link -
www.ivybridge.devon.sch.uk/georgeflay
6 Character Education
Mia’s Wonderful ‘little
Bottles of hope’
Year 8 student, Mia Ryder, has been hiding small
bottles of hand coloured rainbows in her local
community for people to find. These ‘little Bottles of
hope’ are part of Mia’s Spirited Arts ‘Inspiration’
College project.
Mia thought that it would be fun for children and
their families to find the bottles, encourage them to
take a walk in the community and to raise their spirits.
People have really responded to her amazing and
thoughtful effort by taking pictures of themselves
finding the bottles and sending her lovely messages.
She said, “I was inspired by the hard times that
particularly young children are experiencing at the
moment and was motivated by the inspirational
quote, ‘Try to be the rainbow in someone’s cloud’.
I hoped that looking and finding my little Bottles of
hope would inspire other people to be a rainbow in
someone’s cloud. I wanted to remind people that
there is light at the end of
the tunnel and that there
are still many things to be
grateful for.”
“I am so impressed by Mia’s
unique idea; it is both
inspirational and thoughtful, from my Scout group were awesome
demonstrating the
College’s key virtues of
empathy, charity and
ambition. Knowing Mia I
am not surprised that she
had interpreted this
challenge in this selfless
manner.”
Mrs Taylor, Deputy Principal.
Email: icc@ivybridge.devon.sch.uk Website: www.ivybridge.devon.sch.uk
Siblings Raise funds
for ‘NhS Charities
Together’
Year 7 student lars, together with his sister, Neve, have
been raising funds for ‘NhS Charities Together’. During
lockdown they decided to do something to raise money
to help the NhS cope with the extra demands during the
Covid -19 pandemic. So, as they could not actually
physically visit their granny, they decided to a virtual run
to her (by running the 215 miles in a series of shorter runs
locally) with the aim of fundraising £600 for ‘NhS
Charities Together’.
The miles have added up, with lars even running a half
marathon in one session, and so far they have run 150
miles and have raised almost £750, which has already
been given to and spent by the NhS during the peak of
the crisis.
If you would like to support or follow lars then please go
to - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/215-mile-
run-to-grannys
Sleep Out For Shekinah
Students at the College, who are also
members of the 27th Plymouth Scout
group, accepted a challenge to sleep out
in their own gardens without tents. This was
organised by Mr Deacon, who is a teacher
of Business Studies at the College and a
Scout leader.
On the night of Saturday, 20 June, Dee,
Katie, Trystan and Mr Deacon, made
shelters in their own gardens. They slept out
to raise funds and awareness of homelessness and the
many forms that it takes and the underlying problems
that may be behind it such as, mental health and
addiction. With other Scouts they have all helped raise
over £2,000 for Shekinah in Plymouth via the link -
https://www.shekinah.co.uk/fundraisers/big-midsum-
mer-sleep-out
Shelters were made out of plastic sheets,
wheelie bins, cardboard and Katie even
used a dog cage as the basis of her
shelter and it was certainly a ‘rough'
night!
Mr Deacon said, “All of the sixty young
people (aged 6 upwards) involved
and I can honestly say the night was
one of the most horrendous and
rewarding activities I have done for
a long time.”