Our class are fundraising for our big Culture and Curriculum trip to London in September.
Who are we?
We live and go to school in the Isles of Scilly: five tiny inhabited islands 28 miles off the south west coast of Cornwall. To get to London, we will have to travel by jet boat, Scillonian ferry (3 hours), minibus, stay overnight on another school's floor, another minibus, train (6 hours) and Tube! The journey will take us 24 hours, and costs hundreds of pounds per child. Here's a picture of our home town, Hugh Town, to show you how different it is from London!
What are we doing?
When we are in London, we are going to do so many things that we can't normally do in our island home. We are going to visit the Houses of Parliament, go to a performance of 'An Inspector Calls', visit the Tate Modern, National Gallery, Design Museum, Museum of London and the National Archives. We are also going to visit a homeless charity at St Martin's in the Fields for our RS GCSE, and do our Geography fieldwork on urban regeneration in Canary Wharf and Brentford.
Why are we asking for your help?
Each of us is committing to trying to raise between £50 and £100 towards the total cost of the trip. Without fundraising and grant applications, it would cost our parents £740 per person, and that is too much for most people to be able to afford. The trip is really important for our GCSEs and for preparation for leaving the islands for further study at post-16, and we would be so grateful for your help in funding it.
Here's what some previous students have said about this trip:
What are we going to do with the money?
We have a target of £1,200 to raise, and that will all go directly into the trip fund at our school, Five Islands Academy. This will then be split equally between families to cut down the cost of the trip.
We have also promised that if we raise more than £1,200, we will give anything above that amount to our school charity, Scilly Welcomes Refugees. This charity aims to raise funds to pay for respite holidays in the Isles of Scilly for Syrian refugees who have resettled in Cornwall.