Community Service at KEHS | Raising awareness of - and funds for - local, national and international causes

On an appropriately sunny day just before the end of term the Upper Sixth played host to a most successful party for local elderly guests. As ever, a wonderful time…

The Weakest Link

The ever-inventive Upper Sixth CS committee staged a Weakest Link show at lunchtime, featuring staff and sixth form teams. They raised even more funds for their chosen charity, Unicef. …

Upper Sixth Charity Week 2012

Congratulations to the Upper Sixth on a most successful Charity Week, raising funds for Unicef. They started the week by turning up to school in a wonderful array of…

Valentine’s Roses: success!

Love and fun were in the air today, as Valentine’s roses were delivered around school. The photo shows some of the roses – and the attached messages – ready for…

Second hand clothes collection – coming soon.

Half term is a good time to have a sort-out of your wardrobe and decide if there are things you would like to get rid of. If you have some…

Update on the Kasiisi Porridge Project

News from The Kasiisi Porridge Project! This is the project that 3S has adopted for this year. The School Farm has its first livestock. The £1000 target for the Text A Chicken…

Look at this charity : Action for Children

The work of Action for Children has recently been brought to our attention. They support and speak out for some of the UK’s most vulnerable and neglected children. Do have…

Thirds’ charities for 2011-12

Our Third Forms have chosen a variety of charities to support for the academic year 2011-12. Here they are, with links to the relevant websites so that you can learn…

Support Breakthrough Breast Cancer !

Here’s an opportunity to support an excellent cause. All you have to do : decide to sent a Valentine’s rose to anyone of your choice, either in KEHS or KES….

Community Service end of term report

CS end of term report Community Service has always been a big part of KEHS and this term has been no different. Many events have returned, such as…

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0April 6, 2012
Spring Party

On an appropriately sunny day just before the end of term the Upper Sixth played host to a most successful party for local elderly guests. As ever, a wonderful time…
0April 6, 2012
The Weakest Link

The ever-inventive Upper Sixth CS committee staged a Weakest Link show at lunchtime, featuring staff and sixth form teams. They raised even more funds for their chosen charity, Unicef. …
0April 6, 2012
Upper Sixth Charity Week 2012

Congratulations to the Upper Sixth on a most successful Charity Week, raising funds for Unicef. They started the week by turning up to school in a wonderful array of…
0February 10, 2012
Valentine’s Roses: success!

Love and fun were in the air today, as Valentine’s roses were delivered around school. The photo shows some of the roses – and the attached messages – ready for…
0February 10, 2012
Second hand clothes collection – coming soon.

Half term is a good time to have a sort-out of your wardrobe and decide if there are things you would like to get rid of. If you have some…
0February 10, 2012
Update on the Kasiisi Porridge Project

News from The Kasiisi Porridge Project! This is the project that 3S has adopted for this year. The School Farm has its first livestock. The £1000 target for the Text A Chicken…
0January 28, 2012
Look at this charity : Action for Children

The work of Action for Children has recently been brought to our attention. They support and speak out for some of the UK’s most vulnerable and neglected children. Do have…
0January 27, 2012
Thirds’ charities for 2011-12

Our Third Forms have chosen a variety of charities to support for the academic year 2011-12. Here they are, with links to the relevant websites so that you can learn…
0January 27, 2012
Support Breakthrough Breast Cancer !

Here’s an opportunity to support an excellent cause. All you have to do : decide to sent a Valentine’s rose to anyone of your choice, either in KEHS or KES….
0December 16, 2011
Community Service end of term report

CS end of term report Community Service has always been a big part of KEHS and this term has been no different. Many events have returned, such as…
0December 16, 2011
Children’s Christmas Party

As term ended, and everyone went off for a well-earned rest and to enjoy Christmas, a team of Upper Sixth girls and staff organised a lovely Christmas party for young…
0December 15, 2011
Christmas Bazaar 2

On Wednesday we held our second Christmas Bazaar, coinciding with the final events of Lower Sixth charity week, namely their cake sale and fancy dress. Congratulations to the L6 CS…
0December 13, 2011
“Mr and Mrs”

Our KEHS version of this event was not so much : “how well do you know your spouse?” but : “how well do you know your friend in the staffroom?”…
0December 13, 2011
School hears about : Human Rights Day

Thanks to the efforts of a group of L6 girls, and Mrs Britton, we had an excellent assembly about Human Rights Day. We were reminded about what basic human rights…
0December 13, 2011
Blind Date

Lower Sixth Charity week is going extremely well, thanks to the hard work of staff and girls involved. The latest event took place on Monday and was a Blind Date…
0December 13, 2011
Second hand clothes collection

Many thanks to all girls, parents and staff who brought along second hand clothes etc for our Ragtex collection earlier this term. Apart from the environmental benefit of doing this,…
0December 11, 2011
Christmas Party

On Friday 9th December the Lower Sixth acted as hosts to a Christmas party at which the guests were elderly visitors from Balsall Heath Church Centre, Lenches Close in Moseley,…
0December 11, 2011
Karaoke !!

Always one of the most eagerly-anticipated events at KEHS, the Karaoke did not disappoint! Girls and staff packed into the Hall on Thursday 8th December to watch dancers from each…
0December 5, 2011
Lower Sixth Charity Week

As we move into the last week or so of term, excitement mounts because it heralds the start of Lower Sixth Charity Week! The Lower Sixth CS committee has been…
0December 5, 2011
World Aids Day

We marked World Aids Day on Thursday 1 December by having an assembly to remind us about some of the facts - and myths – about HIV and Aids. …
0December 1, 2011
Climbing for Hannah

KEHS old girls Rosa Dickinson and Lucie French, together with their friend Victoria, will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in January 2012. They have undertaken this enormous challenge in order to…
0December 1, 2011
Children in Need success

Despite many other calls on our funds in this busy term, the Children in Need appeal in school raised the worthwhile total of £177.09. Many thanks to the team of…
0December 1, 2011
L5S silent for Age UK !

Form L5S have been busy fundraising for their chosen charity, Age UK. Age UK was recently formed by combining the two well-known charities Help the Aged and Age Concern. They…
0December 1, 2011
L5K’s Indian food sale

L5K decided to buck the trend of Cake Sales, and instead held an Indian food sale one lunchtime last week. It was extremely successful, raising £147.16 for their chosen charity,…
0December 1, 2011
3S raise funds for Kasiisi Porridge Project

Earlier this term, we heard about the valuable work of the Kasiisi Porridge Project, and form 3S decided to adopt it as their charity for the year. Their fund raising…
0December 1, 2011
3E support SOS Children’s Villages

Form 3E have chosen two charities to support this year. One of them is SOS Children’s Villages in Gaza. This worthy charity supports children living in some of the most…
0November 24, 2011
Donation to Birmingham City Mission

Our non-uniform day last Thursday raised £384 which we have donated to Birmingham City Mission. This charity reaches out to many marginalised members of our society here in our own…
0November 23, 2011
Christmas Bazaar

We held a successful Christmas Bazaar during lunchtime today. Several forms raised funds for their chosen charities. Totals have yet to be announced. Traidcraft fairtrade Christmas foods etc were also…
0November 11, 2011
Children in Need day

Friday 18th November sees the massive national fundraising day known as Children in Need day. This is centred on the BBC, for whom Children in Need is their corporate charity….
0November 11, 2011
Non Uniform Day Thursday 17th November

Thursday 17th sees the first of our non-uniform days in school. We will be holding one each term, and the proceeds will go to a local charity (this term), a…
0November 6, 2011
Shoebox appeal going strong !

Thanks to all girls and parents who have filled shoeboxes for needy children as part of the Operation Christmas Child endeavour. So far, more than 100 boxes have been brought…
0October 22, 2011
Royal British Legion poppy appeal

The Royal British Legion is a UK charity that has been helping Service people past and present for 90 years, and although their needs have changed over that time the…
1October 22, 2011
Thirds raise funds for Lepra!

Well done to the Thirds who managed to raise about £800 for the vital work of Lepra by taking part in a sponsored workout. A wonderful effort!
0October 14, 2011
£2000 donated to various causes

On Thursday 13th October some of the many staff involved in Community Service met to decide where we should donate our surplus funds to. Our Charity Summer Fete raises funds that…
0October 13, 2011
LAFF cake sale breaks all records

How DO they do it ? The Upper Sixth CS committee held a cake sale on 13th October for the charity LAFF, and raised an astounding £400!! Many thanks to…
0October 13, 2011
First Unicef fund raiser

The Upper Sixth have decided to adopt Unicef as their charity this year. Most of their fund-raising will take place during Upper Sixth charity week, which will undoubtedly be lots…
0October 9, 2011
Kasiisi Porridge Project : Text a £2 Chicken Appeal

The Kasiisi Primary School in Western Uganda are building a school farm. They are going to rear chickens Selling the eggs will be the first step on the ladder towards…
0September 30, 2011
Macmillan Coffee Morning

Today, Friday 30th September, we joined thousands of other locations around the country by holding a Macmillan coffee morning in both the staff room and the U6 common room. A…
0September 30, 2011
Harvest Festival

Many thanks to all the parents and girls who contributed gifts of food to be distributed via the Balsall Heath Church Centre day care centre. The gifts will be most…
0September 30, 2011
Amnesty letter writing starts

With the new term, we have recommenced sending letters from our Amnesty International group each week. So far, we have written letters to the governments of and Gambia and Pakistan….
0September 27, 2011
Cake sales begin !

Congratulations to U4K who held the first cake sale of the school year, and raised an impressive £106 for their chosen charities, which are the Charge Syndrome charity and Cancer…
0September 26, 2011
School hears about : Operation Christmas Child

Thanks to U6O, we were reminded in assembly today about Operation Christmas Child which we are going to support again this year. This is the world’s largest children’s Christmas project,…
0September 24, 2011
Record donation to ‘our’ school in Uganda

KEHS has an ongoing commitment to the Kitongozi Primary School in the Masindi province of Uganda, via the charity Link Community Development. LCD works to improve education in sub-Saharan Africa,…
0September 24, 2011
Sixth Form hears about : LAFF charity

On Tuesday 20th September, the sixth form were very fortunate to hear a presentation by Fran Talavera, the International Projects Manager for LAFF. This charity, the Latin American Foundation for…
0September 23, 2011
The school hears about : Harvest offerings

On Friday 16th September, the Upper Sixth CS committee reminded us in assembly that we should be collecting gifts of food to be donated to the Balsall Heath Church Centre…
0September 22, 2011
The school hears about : Kasiisi Porridge project

On Monday 19th September Kate Wrangham-Briggs, the Director of the Kasiisi Porridge Project, was our guest in assembly and we were fascinated to hear how a charity had been set…
0September 20, 2011
Thirds hear about: LEPRA Health in Action

On Wednesday 14th September our Thirds had an inspiring talk about the charity Lepra, which was founded 85 years ago to tackle the terrible disease of leprosy and which has…
0July 4, 2011
Community Service 2011-12: off we go !

Welcome back, everyone, and welcome to all our new girls. Everyone involved in Community Service at KEHS is looking forward to an active year raising lots of funds and having…