At the beginning of May, pupils were invited to dress in a green item and to pay £1 to raise awareness for the Ipswich Deaf Children’s Society, (IDCS). They chose green as this is adopted colour of the IDCS. Mrs Reeve ran an assembly about children that are partially or fully deaf, and how this affects their lives. The pupils also learnt some simple British Sign Language. The IDCS is entirely managed by parents of deaf children and their professionals on a voluntary basis. As a charity, they rely on financial contributions to help them fund specialist equipment, family events and day outings, signed performances at the theatre, swimming lessons using British Sign Language and many other essential support needs.
We are delighted to say that as a small school, we managed to raise £30 for this worthy charity.