insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 02 - April 2015 | Page 93

EDUCATION

CELEBRATING ITS CULTURAL DIVERSITY, BUCKSWOOD SCHOOL
EATS ITS WAY AROUND THE WORLD

Students with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor

Every year in March, Buckswood School hold
an ‘International Day’ which is a colourful
celebration of the school’s cultural diversity
and with over 420 students from 50 different
nations, the afternoon is filled with sights,
sounds, flavours and costumes from around the
world.

The Buckswood Sports Hall was
overtaken by the students who held stalls
to represent their country, decorating it with
their national colours and flags, playing music,
dressing in their national costumes and selling
traditional food from their country to raise
money for charity. This year’s charity was the

SKIPPERS HILL EQUESTRIAN TEAM’S
COMPETITION SUCCESS

Good Shepherd Hospital in Swaziland, which
the school visit every year to see the good work
carried out there to help families devastated by
AIDS. This year’s event was the best ever, and
through shear hard-work and grit, the students
raised £2,000 which will be presented to the
Good Shepherd Hospital in order for them to
buy much needed supplies.
Mark Redsell, Headteacher, said
“International Day is always an enlightening
event in every sense. For the rest of the year,
we are one school and are blind to race, colour
and background, but on International Day the
school is a blaze of colour in celebration of our
diversity. I think Buckswood is unique in this
respect in the area; we have 200 local children
who come in every day to study with 220 others
from all around the world. They learn so much
from each other and develop a truly global
outlook and attitude towards the future. They
see no boarders, or barriers, only opportunities
to branch out into the world.”

BEDE’S LEGAT SCHOOL
OF DANCE TAKE PART IN
RICHARD ALSTON DANCE
COMPANY WORKSHOP
 Dancers from the Legat School of Dance at
Bede’s took part in a Richard Alston Dance
Company workshop, delivered by company
member Liam Riddick.
Legat student Susie Lowe explained, “The
workshop started with a Cunningham Technique
class and it was great to see that the company
warm-up class Liam delivered was not too
dissimilar to the training we receive here every
day!”
The students then learnt a piece called
‘Gypsy Mixture’, that contains folk movement
and focuses on the style and phrasing of the
music.
Susie continued, “It was a thoroughly
enjoyable day and we all learnt so much – thank
you to Liam for such a wonderful experience!”

A team of young riders from Skippers Hill
Manor Preparatory School in Mayfield, recently
competed in two National Schools Equestrian
Association (NSEA) events, achieving fantastic
results.
 These were the first competitions for
the girls, aged 8-11, since Skippers Hill joined
the NSEA in December, and