BGS Service Team

Updates from the @BedfordGirlsSch Service Team.

'Service in the BGS Community'

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This year BGS has raised £7,208.24 for @teamUWS. With the Government Aid Match Scheme anything raised between 21st April and 21st July is doubled and so the final figure is  a fantastic £12,664! Thank you to everyone in our community who has donated money and supported events.

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On Friday afternoon, year 12 students from BGS and @BedfordSchool came together to play rounders and raise money for our school charities, @FacesBedford and @teamUWS. It was the perfect combination of sunshine, sport and socialising, while raising over £400 for good causes.

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Our Year 12 students have now returned to Shackleton Primary twice a week to support students with their reading and literacy skills. The primary students look forward to seeing our students and our students have enjoyed inspiring a love of learning and building relationships.

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As a final event to raise money for Bedford Women’s Centre, the Service Team arranged a pizza and games evening for the Sixth Form. With Just Dance, Wii, Twister, and table tennis as well as more traditional games, they had great fun AND raised money for a brilliant local charity

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As part of our World Book Day celebrations last week, our students brought in good quality second hand books which will be donated to BRASS (Bedford Refugee & Asylum Seeker Support) @bedfordrefugee

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A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has donated books as part of our WBD mission on behalf of BRASS (Bedford Refugee & Asylum Seeker Support)
The closing date for all donations is Friday 4th March.
Happy World Book Day! Good Reading

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From the 1st April Bedford Women’s Centre will no longer be able to provide services for women who are victims of DA. Please sign our petition for Bedford BoroughCouncil:https://t.co/02p5NTFNnv

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This morning I dropped off nearly 163kg of food and toiletries at @bedfordfoodbank. Thank you to everyone who contributes to our collections this half term. It will be hugely appreciated by people over the Christmas holidays and into the new year.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Christmas Fayre yesterday where we were raising awareness about and money for our school charities @FamilyGroups1 and @teamUWS. Winners of our competitions, including this lovely bear, will be emailed this week #MerryChristmas

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And finally, the £1000 was awarded to BDCPS represented by Harriet, Tania, Zahra and Emily. They had a excellent understanding of the charity and condition, and used the information from the charity to produce a creative and persuasive presentation #BGSY10

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In 2nd place, winning £250 for their charity, were Keya, Evie, Lily and Nancy representing Bedford Women’s Centre. The group were very knowledgeable about the charity and used statistics and testimonials to support their presentation #BGSY10

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The Giving Forward final took place this week. In 3rd place, winning £250 for their charity, were Polly, Jess, Ellie and Mia representing Al’s Pals. The judges were impressed with how the group had used personal stories and experiences in their presentation. #BGSY10

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I am pleased to announce that the charities which will be represented at the Giving Forward final on 1st December at 6pm are… BDCPS, BRASS, Al’s Pals, SMART!, Bedford Women’s Centre and the King’s Arms Project #BGSY10

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Lower Sixth students Scarlet and Jemima met with Charlotte from @FamilyGroups1 last week to hand over the £677 they raised selling donated clothing in school. The money will go towards promoting healthy relationships and supporting and empowering women #rolemodels

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Year 12 Economics students, Scarlet and Jemima, have set up a second hand clothes sale using items donated by Sixth Form students in order to help combat fast fashion and to raise money for @FamilyGroups1. Items will be on sale every lunchtime this week #BGSY12 #BGSCommunity

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This morning, a small but dedicated team of Year 9 and Sixth Form students and staff set out to walk approx 10 miles as part of fundraising for our international charity, @teamUWS. We were lucky to have beautiful autumnal weather and the group were positive and resilient! #BGSY9

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This week our students involved in reading at Shackleton Primary attended a session run by @PilgrimsPrePrep focussed on phonics and tips to encourage and support reading development in their one to one reading sessions. They are now very excited about putting it into practice!

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We are pleased to announce that our new school charity for 2021-22 will be Bedford Women’s Centre, who empower women with life skills to improve the quality of life for themselves and their families. We look forward to supporting them in continuing to offer this valuable service.

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Thank you to talented and creative Year 13 student, Mollie, who crocheted these amazing sea creatures during lockdown, to be used as part of a display in the reception at @BedfordOpenDoor

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Thank you to Deborah from @bedhosp_charity who collected all of the donations from our community which will be distributed to NHS staff working in Bedford. This is over 100 packs of wipes, almost 200 packets of biscuits/chocolate and over 200 hand creams, lips balms and masks.

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Thank you for all of the generous donations so far for @bedhosp_charity, which will go to NHS staff who are working extremely hard in challenging conditions. If you would like to donate please go to our Wishlist https://t.co/svZlXkfWwI #BGScommunity