Tenbury High School

Charlie’s skill building        

 

 

Why did you choose to do skill building?

 

I chose to do skill building because I thought that it would be a fun thing to do. Also I might want to be a chef when I am older so this would help me to learn.

 

Was it enjoyable?

 

Yes it was very good and you have lots of different things to do.

 

What did you enjoy doing the most?

 

I enjoyed making the bread the most they were all different styles of bread and different traditions.

 

What didn’t you enjoy?

 

It’s all enjoyable and I enjoyed taking part.

 

Are you going to continue?

 

Yes I am going to continue skill building.

 

Would you do it again?

 

Yes if I had the chance then I would do it again.

 

 

 

Pupils from Tenbury high school have been working with the skill builders for 4 year. The project enables young people to work with skilled professional people who are volunteer e.g. chefs, butcher, baker who have local business in the local. So people may work local. Drive force behind skill builders is Graeme perks, a former Ludlow councillor and furniture maker Graeme perks says we have many traditional skills in the local area and these are at risk if we do not enthuse and pass them on to young people      

 

  

 

                               Interview 
This is an interview with Oliver a year 9 pupil at Tenbury high about the skill building project
 
Which traditional skill did you enjoy the most?

I enjoyed all of it but the bread and the fish the most

Do you enjoy skill builders?

Yes I learn something new every time I would do it again    

Do you make then things at home?

No but I would make it at home if I had time

Written by Craig

Tenbury High School

 

Why is Kemp Hospice’s logo a butterfly?

Because: a butterfly is a symbol of new life of and new beginnings. The work of the people is fantastic. The Butterfly is a symbol of hope and beauty.

Why is this particular Kemp Hospice Located in Tenbury?

We’ve got two locations Kidderminster and Tenbury. We have Tenbury because, as I read earlier in your introduction to Tenbury High, it’s on the border of three counties and can be accessed easily.

Do you enjoy working with Tenbury High School?

I love working with you. It’s fantastic. It’s one of my favourite things about working at Kemp Hospice. Tenbury High is full of great ideas, and pupils (he nodded towards us).

What are your reactions when you see people with a terminal illness?

I think it’s different every time. Some are very young and it can be a shock because they thought they had all their life ahead of them and then something really precious has been taken away from them. It can be really hard. Different people respond in different ways. Some people find it hard to accept that their lives are going to be shorter than they had expected.

Do you try to make peoples lives as good as possible?

The motto of our hospice is: “It’s not the length but the quality of life.” We also try to give the people we help new skills and new things to do so that they can build their life back. We use the hospice building as a place of friendship, laughter and kindness so that it’s a place where not only the people we help but their family and friends can come and talk about their worries. We try to give them a good sense of quality. I read from your thought of the week “Every friendship is precious and every conversation is important.” This is as true as true can be.

Written by Toby

Tenbury High School

 Ryan and Ciaran, year nine pupils in Tenbury High School cycled 11.5 miles for Kemp Hospice They started from the swimming pool to Eastham Bridge and back along the main roads. Ryan and Ciaran parents followed behind and in front in cars they also wore helmets and safety gear. When it was over they felt tired but happy because it was for a good cause. “We had a lot of publicity, and praise and our efforts were on lots of websites”. They enjoyed the bike ride and raised a fantastic £280. Ryan and Ciaran are thinking of doing another bike ride for Tenbury Hospital next year.  

Written By Milly  

Tenbury High School

Tenbury high school is a small school. It is situated on the borders of three counties:  Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire. It is very rural and near to Clee Hill. Tenbury High School has just under five hundred pupils aged from eleven to sixteen and a fantastic reputation. Earlier this year Ofsted reported our school as outstanding.

Claire and Ben have attended a Young Ambassador Conference at Derby Football Club, along with 200 other sports Ambassadors from Central England.

They learned that a successful athlete competing for their country needs to train for at least 5 hours a day! On questioning Rebecca Romero, Claire asked why she had changed from rowing to cycling, gaining a Gold medal in both sports. She said that she had no longer enjoyed rowing and wanted a challenge in something new and exciting, so she took up cycling.

Ben and Claire are both keen athletes and are of the lucky generation which will play a huge part in the London 2012 Olympics, learning that 7000 young volunteers, such as themselves, are needed in order to make the games work.

They were truly impressed with the dedication of the athletes and came away with many ideas of how to spread the Olympic message and promote sport as Young Sports Ambassadors.

On Friday 27^th February 2009 Claire and Ben went to the West Worcestershire Primary Schools’ Training day.  The event was hosted at Worcester Racecourse and was to advise primary school teachers how to increase the awareness of sport in schools.

 

As Worcester West Sports Ambassadors Claire and Ben’s contribution was to inform the primary schools of the services they could offer.

 

On our arrival we were offered a wonderful selection of food and whilst we were ‘tucking in’; Darren Campbell (Gold Medallist for Team GB) approached us. We were delighted to meet a previous Olympian and after speaking to him we became more inspired than ever to really help our community with promoting sport and supporting people. As Darren said he only got to the position he did in sport from people helping and supporting him all the way.

 

Darren gave a short speech to the meeting about how he got started in athletics. He started when he was nine years old and progressed from club to national standard in the space of 5 years. His most remarkable individual achievement was when he won a silver medal in 2004 Athens Olympics. In that same Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay. After these fantastic achievements Darren retired from active sport and has become a great influence for the London 2012 Ambassador programme. This is the Ambassador Programme in which Claire and Ben are involved.

 

After Darren’s speech, Claire and Ben gave a 20 minute presentation on their role in community sports. They started with a short talk about themselves, how they first got involved in sport and their achievements to date. The Primary School teachers were impressed that both Claire and Ben had received a lot of support from their teachers and this inspired them to go back to their schools to give as much help as possible. They continued the presentation showing pictures and slides of the services they are offering to the community and their future planes to run a ‘Mini Olympic Games’ in the West Worcestershire Area.

 

They discussed ideas of how they could go into schools and take assemblies etc to promote sport, and six primary teachers were interested and are organising assemblies in which Claire and Ben will take part. All the Primaries were interested in the ‘Mini Olympics’ and these will be organised in the summer.

 

It was a very successful day and Claire and Ben were thrilled that the teachers ‘took onboard’ what they had said and really were going to make difference.