Service

There are a number of opportunities for students to sign up to College, Local and Global Service at lunchtime or after school. This link shows the variety of experiences the students can be involved in. Please visit the Primary School Service microsite for more detailed information.

Composting

As a contribution to campus life and as part of their service program, Grade 5 students take responsibility for some of the composting on campus. The classes rotate through taking turns collecting organic material from the grade levels as well as from select parts of the canteen. They then deposit this into the campus compost pile which is later used in the gardens around the campus.

This service allows the students to build a sense of responsibility and pride in the campus as they are directly involved in the running of the composting.

Grade 4 and 5 Genesis School for Special Education

Throughout the year, children from Genesis School for Special Education visit our Junior School to play (either indoors or in a playground) and chat with Junior School classes. Each class meets the visitors a few times throughout the year. Grade 11 students act as role models, who encourage appropriate "buddying" behaviour and help Junior School students to understand the range and nature of disabilities. Our Grade 11 lead the Junior students through a reflection at the end of each session, asking what they have learned about themselves, what were the challenges, how they overcame them and what they enjoyed.

The main aims of this local service are:

• Making new friends
• Helping others to learn new games
• Developing communication skills
• Realising each individual’s potential
• Developing a commitment to care
• Understanding our commonalities as children

Genesis School for Special Education’s philosophy believes that each child has the right to an education. Their goal is maximize each child’s academic, social and physical potential. By interacting together, and our Junior students hosting the children from Genesis, we help by developing social interaction through physical activities.

Link to Genesis School

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Temple Garden Foundation

Temple Garden Foundation (TGF) works with local rural communities in Cambodia to promote sustainable development for those living in poverty. TGF focuses on four core areas: children’s education, income generation, health programmes and infrastructure programmes. The nature of the different projects can vary, depending on the needs of the communities.

Some of the education projects feature parent support and a community kindergarten. The teacher training project facilitates support committees, study clubs, English classes and a school holiday project which is organized in local public schools during end of year vacation. The health programme includes volunteer training to promote village health, education projects to reduce malnutrition, projects to support healthy growth and development of children, mobile immunization clinics, as well as workshops aimed at improving antenatal care. When it comes to infrastructure, TGF currently focuses on improving sanitation facilities (latrines), building wells and supplying filters to provide clean drinking water for the communities where TGF works. Previous initiatives have also included building schools. Many rural villages participate in the Income Generation programme and learn how to save their funds. This programme also helps to strengthen technical skills in agriculture; fishing, farming, plantation and animal raising since these were areas that were identified as needing improvement.

Temple Garden Foundation (TGF) is a UK not for profit and was established in 2008.