Despite the rainy morning, the sun came out in the afternoon and a good time was had by all on our Diploma trip recently. It was non-stop action on the River Stour near Christchurch. First, we went on a boat trip around Christchurch Harbour and enjoyed the lovely views of the Priori and local wildlife. Then the bumper boats were very popular, with some students getting a real soaking! Several students had a chance to try crazy golf for the first time in their lives. Then there was the cream tea, with Earl Grey tea and huge, delicious scones with lashings of clotted cream.
Kings Bournemouth’s Jenny Ramsey recently completed the London Moonwalk (a fantastic charity event where volunteers walk 26 miles through London – at night!). Jenny take sup the story: “On May 14th of this year, I walked 26.2 miles, through London, at night, in a decorated bra! Why did I put myself through this? Mainly because I wanted to raise money for Breast Cancer Charities. Family members and close friends have been affected by this disease…”
At Kings Bournemouth, we have a large number of permanent staff members, from teachers and course leaders, to kitchen staff, sports and leisure staff through to administration, accommodation and welfare staff. During the summer months, we have a huge number of new summer students arriving and this means we need more temporary staff to help us with all the new students. We have two new recent updates to our staff here in sunny Bournemouth.
Beverley Ward, Travel Manager and Student Services Officer
Jan Oakley, Assistant Accommodation Officer
Beverley and Jan are part of a bigger team that makes sure Kings Bournemouth always runs smoothly and everyone stays happy!
Kings Bournemouth have been raising a huge amount of money for charity recently during the UK’s Red Nose Day. Comic Relief is a charity which was founded in the United Kingdom in 1985 in response to the Ethiopian Famine and is now a huge event every year in the UK. Since the 80′s Comic Relief has raised more than £600m and Bournemouth helped add to this fund with a whopping £1179.28!
Staff at Bournemouth dressed up for charity (that's our reporter, Lee-anne, front row in blue!)
Laser Quest can be found in Bournemouth’s Town Centre, just 10-minutes’ walk from the college. This is an activity loved by Kings students of all ages and even Group Leaders and Kings staff! A recent male student said, ‘I really like this game as it is good to work as teams and it’s also really good for fitness; after this I don’t need to go to the anymore!’
And it’s not just the boys who love this activity. Last week a group of girls weren’t sure they’d enjoy it before they went, but ended up loving it and wanting more!
