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Make a Difference Day by Sabina Molian, U6

30 November 2009

As the nights draw in and we wake up to Antarctic temperatures, we start to brings out the blankets and rely heavily on thickly piled rugs and carpets to keep Jack Frost at bay.

So with this in mind, the Harpur Trust decided to support Make a Difference Day with all four schools celebrating it and supporting different local charities.

Make a Difference Day aims to support people in the colder months by giving them blankets and warm rugs. During a Charities meeting at Bedford High School we decided to save and donate old fleeces, t-shirts and other pieces of clothing.

Posters went up, leaflets were put in registers and notices were read in assembly. We decided the "dropping point" would be a huge bin in the Bay and within days we were onto our third bin liner. As this was a whole school event, the Junior School were giving the Senior School a run for their money and had masses of donations as well.

By the 26thNovember, which was the last day of collection, all forces came together, both donations from the Senior and Junior School were merged and it looked like the Bay was sub-merged in bin liners! It needed several strong people to get all the donations into the lorry before it was taken off to start the rug-making process.

This has to be one of our most successful charity events and we are sure to continue it next year. We are very thankful to all the people that donated and want to let them know that they have made many people warm and happy this cold Christmas. Thank you.

Sabina Molian, U6

GCSE Results

Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.

 Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.

Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.

Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.

I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.                       

Julie Eldridge 

 
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