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Waking up at 6am and walking 20 miles isn’t exactly everyone’s idea of fun, which is why you’ll be surprised to here that that’s exactly what a team of our 6th form students decided to do.
On Saturday March 13, a group of dedicated, and questionably able-bodied young people set out on a sponsored walk. The aim of their walk was raise money, enabling each of them to visit Kenya in July, and voluntarily assist teaching in a primary school there which the sixth form have maintained a link project with over the past 18 months. The link between Kipriria Academy and our own The Priory School has been extremely successful and fulfilling. Our link team have sent them utilities such as books, computers and sports equipment over the course of the project, and have also spurred kids from each school to write to each other and learn about each other’s lives and cultures in Geography lessons.
The sponsored walk took our students from outside the gates of The Priory School to the doorstep of the Kenyan Embassy in London. Taxing as it may seem, the day was enjoyed by all, despite getting lost several times along the way. Arriving at the Embassy at about 3pm, exhausted and… well exhausted (except for Mr. Probin who felt it necessary to walk the sponsored walk whilst in his car and driving!); a snap-shot was taken of our team with a look of false-energeticness.
Not only was the link project using the walk as a fundraiser, but the publicity prospects could not be ignored.
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George Green
Year 12
