HEADINGTON COMMUNITY
Charities
At Headington Prep School, our aim is to support a range of charities – locally, nationally or worldwide – with our time and thoughts and to promote empathy with those suffering hardship, thus widening the children’s awareness and understanding of the world.
At the end of each academic year, the School vote for the Charity that they would like to support next year. The school community can then identify the needs of others and the various ways in which help and support may be given through monetary and gift donations. The girls are encouraged throughout the year to initiate their own fundraising events and to play roles in organising such occasions and making key decisions.
Representatives from the selected charities will come and talk to the children in assembly so that the school community can best understand how the money raised at school will help make a difference.
A wide range of fundraising events are held, including sponsorships, suitcase sales, concert or performance collections, non-school uniform days and dressing-up days, karaokes, teddy days and pyjama days. An up-to-date record of charities supported is displayed by the Dining Room and on the website, including letters of thanks, press releases, certificates, photographs and amounts raised.
In the last few years Headington Prep has supported the NSPCC, Unicef UK, Marie Curie and more recently, SSNAP, located in the John Radcliffe Hospital, a charity dedicated to supporting the families of sick and premature babies. Community links are also promoted, for example, through Harvest Festival celebrations and donations to local food banks and night shelters such as the CEF. The School also supports a number of national campaigns, e.g. Bag2school and the British Legion Poppy Appeal. National days (such as Red Nose Day, Genes for Jeans Day) are also supported where appropriate.
Form Representatives
A parent from each form is chosen to be the Form Representative to provide a forum for parents to share ideas and organise social events. The Form Representatives meet the Head once a term. We encourage all parents to sign up for Classlist, which is an excellent way to keep in touch with other parents in the year group. Parents can choose exactly which contact details they wish to share. Please see the Communication page of this booklet form more information on Classlist.
Foundation Day
The Summer Term ends with Foundation Day, which takes place on a Saturday. There is a combined service in school for the Prep and Senior Schools in the morning and activities on the field in the afternoon.
Foundation Day is considered to be officially the last day of the term and all girls in Key Stages 1 and 2 are expected to attend.