As a Trust family of schools, we place high value on activities and events to support charities. Every year our school councils and learner leadership groups decide which charities they would like to support and why. Not only do they learn about the importance of charity work, but they also learn about democracy at the same time. Our learners vote and some schools support one main charity each year, others support one each term, that is for our young people to decide. Our learners choose charities that are close to their hearts, and all our young people are passionate about helping others, especially those less fortunate than themselves.

Last week we saw some wonderful fundraising activities across our family of schools to support Children in Need. Our staff and learners were creative in how they could raise money, and they did a superb job whilst having fun at the same time. In Batley learning doesn't start and stop at the school gates.

We also saw everyone across our Trust family of schools supporting Anti-Bullying Week last week. There were odd socks worn everywhere to symbolise that everyone is different, everyone is unique and we should share and celebrate those differences. We all have far more in common than that which divides us.