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Bo r l a s i a n 2 0 1 3
In School
Even though it wasn’t officially on the last day, the leavers’
celebrations created a vast array of emotions from relief
to sorrow and brought us all together as a year group
to say goodbye. No matter what we’re going on to do
individually, I know that the time we have shared here at
Borlase has created lifelong friends and memories for us
all.
An emotional Y13 student who wishes to
remain anonymous.
Borlase Interact
This year, and for the first time in its history, Borlase cannow
boast an Interact club. For those of you who are unfamiliar
with Interact, it is a service club sponsored by Rotary, which
has the aim to complete community projects, both locally
and internationally. The Borlase Interact club started at the
beginning of the year as part of the year 12 enrichment
programme, and we were generously supported by the
Marlow Rotary Club. As a small group of eight, we were
eager to make an impression on the school and set the
Interact ball rolling for future years to come, and as such
we began planning an event.
It was coming up to Christmas time andwe decided to hold
a Christmas tea for the elderly residents of Gweneth Court
in Marlow. All of us chipped in with the planning as well as
baking different cakes and biscuits for the residents. The
day went extremely well; the ladies and gents of Gweneth
Court enjoyed tea and homemade baking as well as
some Christmas themed flute playing from two of our
Interactors, Natalie O’Connor and Hayley Marks.
As a group, the success of the Christmas tea really spurred
us on and we were eager to get chartered and hold
another event. Again, for those of you who may not know,
chartering for an interact club is gaining formal recognition
fromRotary International that a club has been created, and
it is, to put it in a fewwords, a big deal. As a group we spent
a few weeks completing all the necessities of chartering
before sending everything off to the Rotary International
headquarters and switching our focus to the next event.
We all decided that we wanted to do something for charity,
and thought that Helen and Douglas House would be a
great cause. We held an Easter cake sale, and with baking
efforts from everyone, and especially giant cake selections
from Saskia Wilson and Natasha Hinch, we raised over
£110 for Helen and Douglas House. A few weeks later we
received confirmation from Rotary International that we
had been formally recognised as part of the Rotary family,
and we are now planning our chartering celebration.
As a group we are hoping that next year will be bigger
and better for Borlase Interact Club, and we are already
confident that Interact has made a positive contribution
to both the school and the surrounding community.
Alicia Povey Y12
