The current situation in Ukraine continues to shock the World, and as a school community we are committed to providing humanitarian support. Last week through School Council and individually, we have been exploring different ways in which we can make a tangible difference. Last week World Book Week was celebrated at Roedean in many ways, and we enjoyed a whole range of activities to encourage reading. Thursday’s ‘dress as a book character’ day raised a fantastic £1800 for the St Mark’s Secret Garden Library. And in other news, around 30 students from Years 7-12 took part in the global Modern Foreign Languages poetry recitation competition, ‘Poesiae’. It was a fantastic occasion for students to demonstrate their outstanding linguistic skills in Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and EAL, and to appreciate poetry in a foreign language. A huge well done to everyone who took part!

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