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Events Spring Term 2012
Thursday 26th January - Cake sale in Oakview
Thursday 23rd February - Wellbeing Spring Fayre 6.15pm
Thursday 29th March - Good Causes Lunchtime Event
Wellbeing Spring Fayre Thursday 23rd February 6.15pm
ReachOut warmly invites pupils, families and staff to their charity Spring Wellbeing Fayre on 23rd February 2012. Drop in any time between 6:15pm and 8:30pm to visit our stalls, buy some healthy snacks, get a manicure or a new hairstyle, and take part in a Zumba or Yoga class.
Click here for more information or contact ReachOut Co-ordinator Sarah Ledger sarahledger@leightonpark.com. We hope to see you there! If you have any good quality clothing, books, accessories or bric-a-brac you would like to donate for the Bring and Buy stall, please bring them to the front office at any time from now on!"
About ReachOut
Community Learning Projects
Contribute to ReachOut - your suggestions and support
For those of you new to Leighton Park, the ReachOut programme encompasses four key areas, which are closely linked in many ways:
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Knowledge ReachOut aims to provide a space in which people can 
explore knowledge and understanding of important global issues to enable us to become moral philosophers. Knowledge enables us to engage people of diverse backgrounds in an examination of conflicts, racism, prejudice, politics and peace studies in order to create a more humane and informed citizenry.
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Eco The environment has always been an important issue for Quakers and is no less so for Leighton Park. Issues relating to the environment, climate change and sustainability are investigated in a wide variety of ways throughout the school and are headed up by Jon Emerson and our eco-resident, Sally Pearce. For further information see the Environmental Awareness pages.
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Justice This area aims to look at the issues of fair and equal justice and is linked to the school’s Amnesty International Group. Students can write petitions or take part safely in peaceful protests and are encouraged to write letters to Parliament and other political bodies asking for justice for those who are in need of it.
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Good Causes This area encompasses all aspects of Leighton Park’s charity sponsorship and fund-raising events. A very diverse array of events are organised each year, and many of these are driven by the pupils and students themselves, drawing on their many creative ideas!
Through ReachOut, we offer the whole Leighton Park community the chance to explore and contribute to the four key areas, and we encourage pupils to consider how these areas relate not only to the wider world but to our own community. We particularly welcome parents and families to join their sons and daughters in ReachOut’s Community Learning Projects (see below).
Community Learning Projects
ReachOut’s Community Learning Projects invite members of the wider community to join us at Leighton Park for talks, films and other events relating to our ReachOut key areas.
Previous projects have included lectures and talks from Manoj Barot who spoke on Racism in the Police Force, MP Rob Wilson, Ruth Barnett who spoke on her experiences as a Jewish/Christian child, and Bruce Kent from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).
Recent Community Learning Projects have included an inspiring and thought provoking exhibition and talk by 'Artist of War and Peace' Gordon Rushmer, the Fairtrade Fashion Show, and the ReachOut Treasure Hunt Challenge.
Keep an eye out on the website, in mailings and in The Park for details of Community Learning Projects – we’d love to see you!
Support Us
ReachOut and the Good Causes are always interested in hearing of any charities or causes which members of the wider Leighton Park community would like us to consider supporting. Equally, we would be be delighted to hear from any family members of Leighton Park pupils who feel they have skills or stories to share relating to one of the four ReachOut key areas: Knowledge, Quaker Education, Justice and Eco. We are always looking to broaden the range of projects we undertake and events we put on, so would love to hear from you if you think you have something to offer!
SarahLedger@leightonpark.com