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During International Week, Year 5 and 6 students will be raising money to help families build toilets who are living in extreme poverty.
Did you know that 4.6 billion people don’t have a proper toilet and that every day, over 700 children under the age of 5 die from diarrhoea linked to unsafe water, sanitation and poor hygiene. Without toilets and sanitation, rivers and ground water systems suffer become polluted and as a result, at least 2 billion people globally use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces.
International Week is a time to celebrate the diversity we have at our school and to learn about different cultures. As part of this, it is also important for our students to reflect on how life is so different for many children their own age in different countries. So, the Junior Changemakers are leading this project to highlight these inequalities and to help work towards the UN commitment of giving everyone access to clean water and sanitation (Sustainable Development Goal 6) by 2030.
For the same price as a child’s Barcelona football kit, we can help a family build a toilet and really make a difference to their quality of life.
The Junior Changemakers are asking for just 1000HUF to be donated during International Week (which can be handed to their class teacher) and let’s she how many lives we can help!
In Early Years through to Year 4, we will also continue to support organisations that work with disadvantaged young student in Nógrád County. This support will be a mix of support their basic needs along with some support for a digtal literacy programme. More details to be confirmed next week along with all the International Week activities including our National dress and flag parade day that will be held on Thursday 12th October.
Thank you!
The Junior Changemakers
Year 12 have been spending a lot of time in Sports Hall One over the last week. Not doing sport, although they could tell you the science behind it…
There was a fun packed programme for the secondary students remaining on-site, which followed the 5 Co-Curricular strands. Students were immersed in languages, film-making, STEAM activities and cooking. They learned about children's rights and advocacy, and showed their creative talents through artwork. They hiked in the hills and formed friendships across year groups. See the Firefly page for further details and photographs
It has been a very memorable end of the primary journey for our Year 6 students. This last week of term has been jam packed. On Monday and Tuesday, the students performed the end of year production of ‘Olivia’, on Tuesday morning, there was a year group water fight and on Wednesday afternoon, they finally graduated with a special ceremony.
As a community, we've been actively promoting healthy eating habits through our weekly articles about life in the kitchen. With the summer holidays just a few days away and the heatwave this summer, we must all be more mindful of our fluid intake.
The British International School Budapest
1037 Budapest
Kiscelli köz 17
Hungary