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At Warminster School, our mission is to actively engage with our community, leveraging our resources and expertise to collaborate with state-funded schools, learn from them, and offer support to local, national, and international charitable organisations.
With this new newsletter, you can find out what the pupils have been up to, what we have planned and how we engage with the local community in Warminster
Since September the pupils from year 11, 12 & 13, have been busy volunteering in numerous clubs during EDGE with a total of 2385 hours spent in our local community.
This term, a group of pupils has been actively visiting local care homes to assist residents with various technology-related challenges. Their dedication and enthusiasm have brought about significant improvements and have helped bridge the gap between generations through technology.
The Warminster Buskers, a talented group of musicians and performers, are making a heartfelt impact in the Warminster community by bringing the joy of music to local care homes. This initiative not only provides entertainment but also fosters a sense of connection and well-being among residents.
We have been visiting Ashwood weekly since the start of our EDGE programme. Lots of different art projects happen each week, themed around events and celebrations. Pictured, is a project inspired by David Hockney. This project will form part of a window display in the homes coffee shop.
Crispin Thomas, also known as The Standup historian, delivered a captivating TA Talk that left the audience both enlightened and entertained. As part of the EDGE programme we support the RBL by working on the garden at the War Memorial and with collection buckets on Remembrance Sunday, so it was our pleasure to be able to help raise funds with this event. A total of £335 was raised on the night.
Henford House pupils have been busy this term with weekly visits to see the residents. They have played quizzes, board games, bingo and sung carols. The final week, as you can see, they had a visit from some festive reptiles, everyone had so much fun.
We look forward to continuing our visits in the New Year!
A group of 6th form pupils from the EDGE Townroe Project, designed, made and setup the tree opposite to form part of the Minster Church Christmas Tree festival. Each year this event brings, school, community groups and support groups together for the spirit of Christmas. The theme for our tree this year was "International Celebration" Each flag represented a country of one of our pupils.
New Year News
We have a new and exciting collaboration with the Wellbeing Hub on Warminster High St. A group of pupils will be running a weekly Broad Games Club for younger children from all local schools around Warminster.
Our weekly Tech Support Club will be moving to a new home. We are very lucky to be supported by the Athenaeum to enable us to continue with this much needed community support club & we thank the Warminster Civic Centre for hosting us for the past 2 years.
If you have any community projects within Warminster you think we could support or visit please do get in touch, I would love to hear from you.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday, and I look forward to bringing you the next community newsletters at the end of the Spring Term.
Lisa
