Developing creative thinking
Can 11-year-olds be good at business? Indeed they can.
Each June, three successful business people in their Dragons’ Den put Year 6 children at High Beeches Primary School through their paces. Teams think up business propositions and pitch to the Dragons, along the lines of the BBC programme.
Deputy Head Stephanie Shewbridge commented: ‘Thanks to Rotary in Harpenden, our young people have a wonderful opportunity to develop their creative thinking skills, team working and presentation abilities, as well as the challenge and enjoyment of then selling their products and services at our Summer Fair.’
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Friendship Boxes enliven Ukrainian children’s Christmas
For the second year, Rotary in Harpenden supplied Friendship Boxes to junior schools in the Harpenden, Redbourn and Wheathampstead area, to be filled by pupils and parents with educational and recreational items for sending to children in Ukraine.
Classics’ charities – in action
The contrast between the girl’s pristine school uniform and the pitiful conditions of her home is stark.
She’s a lucky one. Her secondary school education is totally free, thanks to Empowering Kids in Kenya, one of the five charities which shared the £30,000 raised by Rotary in Harpenden’s classic car show, Classics on the Common, in July.
Raising £130,000 for a Ugandan women’s hospital
How do you raise more than £130,000 to equip a Ugandan women’s medical centre with an operating theatre, transforming the centre into a fully-fledged hospital?
That was the task begun by Rotary in Harpenden under the leadership of Dr Jim McWhirter of the Reading Matins Rotary Club.