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Friday 15th October was our Whole School Walk. The whole school took part in one way or other with Years 4 up walking 9K to the beautiful nearby Frensham Pond. Please help us reach our £8000 goal and really make a difference. HAPPY SPACE UK Happy Space UK is a preventative mental wellbeing charity. They provide students with a wellbeing toolkit in order to help protect the minds of a future generation. They achieve this predominantly by delivering guidebooks to students in transitional stages and by providing talks for students. They also partner with other mental health service providers, host events and carry out in-house research. Please click here to donate to Happy Space UK MALAWI SCHOOLS TRUST We believe every child in Malawi should have an education. MST work carefully in partnership with local communities on projects that make this possible. One school at a time. Learning isn’t really possible if you don’t have enough to eat or drink. Or if you don’t feel safe. They take a wide view of what it means to support education. If basic needs aren’t being met - especially for children - they look to see if they can be improved. They feel the best and only way to help is through partnerships - working with local people and asking them what they need and want. Please click here to donate to Malawi Schools Trust

Costa and Issy will be participating in Glasgow COP26! Costa in Year 12 has gained a place through UKSSN (UK Schools Sustainability Network) on a student team attending the conference COP26 conference in Glasgow. This is an amazing achievement and opportunity for Costa and Frensham Heights as only around 20 students across the UK have been offered places to attend the conference. Costa has been closely involved with our growing Eco Heights group and in the Surrey Environmental Actions School group. Issy C in Year 13 has gained a place as part of the wider UKSSN group of 35 sixth formers remotely supporting those students in Glasgow. Issy has really been enjoying the workshops leading up to the event. She’s learnt about importance of green spaces, sustainable finance, climate anxiety in young people and energy storage, for example the logistics of hydrogen powered cars. The workshops have allowed Issy to connect with like-minded young people from schools around the country involved in wider UKSSN group. She’s been particularly surprised and interested in the sustainable finance topics and it’s made Issy think about her own choices and those of her family and friends. She’s now keen to share her knowledge with our Eco Heights group and her fellow sixth formers. We caught up with Costa to find out how he feels about this great opportunity to attend COP26: 1. When/How did you first become interested in environmental issues? My interest in environmental issues is rooted in my enjoyment of nature, foraging, and sea fishing. From a young age, I started to become aware of the threats they faced, which led me to advocate for the protection of nature, and the more systemic solutions to human-caused climate change. 2. Can you tell me about the Eco Heights group? - Its aims and the work it's been undertaking in school? Eco Heights was set up in the spring term of 2019, and we have been working hard to make the connections in school to work on reducing our impact on the environment. In conjunction with this, we are and have worked on projects to help connect students to nature on the school campus. Last academic year, we helped to work on a project to introduce students to growing food, through dedicated eco days. This term our focuses are on working with the school catering company to reduce the amount of animal-based protein served in the school meal, introduce a new recycling system and a new bird box project. 10 bird boxes will be constructed by the Eco Heights team, and then assembled, painted, and installed by the Junior school students, who will then monitor them in the nesting season. Eco Heights is always looking for new members to join – and we have an exciting year ahead. 3. What are SEAS and UKSSN? How has your involvement in these groups alongside Eco Heights enriched your understanding of the Climate Crisis and the possible solutions? SEAS is the Surrey Environmental Actions School group, which consists of 5 other local schools which are keen on bringing positive environmental actions to the forefront of their schools. Students from these schools meet twice a term to network and support creative ways to address issues of sustainability and the climate and ecological crises. SEAS is leading a movement for real, student-led, ecological change. The UKSSN is the UK Schools Sustainability Network – it collates all the regional networks (such as SEAS) with regular meetings. Its primary aim is to promote responsibility towards the environment within schools and their wider communities through campaigns, events, publications, and activism. Working as part of both of these groups has been very insightful as we can learn from what other schools are doing, and also support our ideas and experiences within the group. (contact: Philip Leamon at pml@cranleigh.org) 4. What will you be doing in Glasgow COP26 with UKSSN? My specific role in Glasgow at the COP26 event is going to become clearer over the coming week. I have had meetings with the other students going, as well as preliminary pieces of training organised by the UKSSN. I will be representing Frensham and the wider local community too – by asking questions and passing on the views and feelings of our community at the event. I will also be bringing back my experience and learnings which I will be communicating to Frensham, and the SEAS group. 5. Which part of the COP experience are you most looking forward to? I am most looking forwards to meeting students, educators, and those working in the industry who have a shared passion for environmental thinking. I believe it will be a very transformational experience and it is going to be amazing to network, learn and represent Frensham Heights School and the SEAS network at such an event. 6. You have a platform to persuade young people to be more environmentally friendly - what message would you like to share to encourage others to think about and act on climate crisis? I feel many young people become anxious when thinking about the climate crisis and seeing the effects of ecological breakdown in other parts of the world. Re-connecting with nature, be it at a local woodland, park, or even a walk along a hedgerow is very calming. Feeling in balance with the environment around you is the best way to put yourself into a mindset from which you can think about being more environmentally friendly. Everyone can contribute to changing how society impacts the environment; activism, art, music, science, cooking, raising awareness and making practical changes to the way they live. By playing your part – however significant, you make a real difference. Small steps create an active hope, which is essential to maintaining the energy behind the ever-growing environmental movement.

A group of our Years 9 and 10 students have started working with Bordon Junior School to share their skills in coding using tablet operated robots with the Year 5 Bordon students. It is a great opportunity for our students to get out into the community and share their passion. We'll share more as the project gets going!

On Sunday 10th October the Frensham Heights Greenpower team raced in the 2021 Final at the prestigious Goodwood Motor Circuit. This was an invite only event based on previous race heats where the team finished 3rd in both races. The competition for the final was strong as the top scratch build and kit cars were present for the days racing. The car flew through the compulsory scrutineering which takes places before every race event and the Y11 team got out to practice familiarising themselves with the 2.37 mile track. A few minor upgrades had been made to the car since the last race at the top gear test track, which included modifying the gearing to adapt to the Goodwood track and a small aerodynamic improvement. The format of the day was slightly different from normal times because of Covid restrictions. Instead of two 90minute races there were four 20minute short races, this gave time in-between for safe driver changes. Hopefully next season the two 90minute races will be reinstated as quick pit stops and driver changes play a crucial role in how teams progress overall and make the pits quite an exciting place to be! The race distances went as follows: Race 1: 8.7 miles Race 2: 8.53 miles Race 3: 8.52 miles Race 4: 8.09 miles Total mileage: 33.86 miles. This was the furthest distance the team managed to cover this season which was a huge achievement. Team FHS finished 8/35 in the kit car category which is a result of the excellent teamwork and determination shown by all involved. There are approximately 1000 kits cars in the UK and the students should be proud of their outstanding achievements. A big well done to team members Hugo L, Isabel C, George S, Molly H, Jonty O, Bea M, Oscar G, Kai J and Sam B in Sixth Form for his input and help throughout the season. Now the season has come to an end, the car will be stripped back completely and handed over to Year 7 to develop and improve the car further, ready for the 2022 season. More details to follow regarding the Greenpower ECA which will be open to Y7 in the new year. The Greenpower Education Trust is a UK based charity with an outstanding track record in kick starting careers in engineering. They help unlock potential and spark enthusiasm for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) through the excitement of motorsport. A big thank you to all our supporters, especially the Friends of Frensham and Saitaku, your help is appreciated. If you would like to find out more about Greenpower racing at Frensham Heights then contact Giles Rudd who heads up the team. If you have an expertise in this area or feel you’d be able to contribute in any way, please get in touch. gilesrudd@frensham.org T witter: @FrenshamDT

Thank you to all families and students who made donations to Farnham Help for Refugees last Friday. As you can see from the pictures the response was overwhelming with so many donations given and really grateful received. Some of these have made their way to refugees living in London and are being used by them already – so thank you for your support. The response to Trish from Farnham Help for Refugees and her presentation during Morning Talk last week demonstrated the compassion and kindness of our community and was really moving and impressive to see. Three students, Alex, Sofia and Jaan, helped Lynn G after school last Friday to sort out all the donations and take them to the charity that we are supporting, so thank you to Lynn and the three of them for this extra effort. We hope that our relationship with Farnham Help for Refugees can continue and so please look out later in the year for further ways that we can support the refugee communities near us and worldwide. A message from Trish at Farnham Help for Refugees: "We would like to pass on an enormous thank you to Lynn and the 3 students for doing an awesome job helping us Friday afternoon/evening. They were definitely a credit to the school."

While many teachers couldn't wait to put their feet up for a well-deserved few weeks rest over the summer holidays, Andrew Fisher, previous Head of Frensham Heights and patron of Malawi Schools Trust packed his rucksack and walked 100 miles across the South Downs to raise money for the teachers housing in Malawi. "It always strikes me that huge numbers of Malawian children walk 20 km to and from school everyday. If I can raise some funds for our educational change by walking it recognises their efforts too." 8 days after he started, Andrew completed his walk on July 17th, raising £2500 in the process and the teacher's housing in Malawi has now been completed. “This last day was super hard, much more than expected - 25km in the heat. I think I will have raised £2000, so really pleased with the the support - thanks to everyone who has donated and sent encouraging messages” Andrew added loads of photos and day by day commentary on his Instagram, and if you would like to add to the £2500 total, there’ still time via his Just Giving page and support the next phase of development in Malawi.