From Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th November, twenty-eight Year 9 and 10 students from Charters School in Sunningdale, kept the tennis matches moving smoothly at the ATP Champions Tour at the Royal Albert Hall. The students were chosen as 'ball kids' to ensure that the players had enough balls to serve and that they got new ones quickly when needed.

As well as meeting players including Greg Rusedski, Mark Philippoussis & of course the “Court Jester” Mansour Bahrami, one of their students was invited to play a point against Emma Raducanu! It was one of highlights of the event and was posted on the BBC's Twitter feed.

LVS Ascot students deliver outstanding performances in their end of year production:  The Little Mermaid

Senior school students at award-winning, independent day and boarding school LVS Ascot, on London Road, Ascot, performed Disney’s the Little Mermaid from the 2^nd of December through to the 4^thof December 2021 at our on-site theatre to a packed house (within COVID guidelines).

This was the first live performance for the senior school since Covid: with an in- person audience. A cast of over 75 cast and crew took part in the production. Pupils from across years 7 to 13 filled the main parts. There were collaborative efforts throughout the school with the Infant Junior School making all the light up recycled plastic fish.

The Creative Arts Faculty at Charters School has a rich back catalogue of knock-out school productions, and this week the Sunningdale school was delighted to welcome back audiences for the first time since before the pandemic.

More than 100 students from Years 8 to 13 took part in Legally Blonde the Musical, which played to a packed house for four performances from 24th November 2021.

The cast began rehearsing in September to become the well-loved characters from the Reese Witherspoon classic, learning not just lines but also energetic dance routines and a highly sophisticated musical score.

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BFC  highways and transport team is looking for residents’ feedback regarding the services the council provides or are involved with in the Borough.

There are six independent surveys covering the following topics:

• Accessibility
• Tackling congestion
• Public transport
• Road safety
• Highway maintenance
• Walking and cycling

Each survey will only take a few minutes to complete but your feedback will be invaluable in helping us to understand how you feel about our services, and help to inform decisions about roads, cycling, bus services and public transport in Bracknell Forest.

To get involved and take the surveys, please visit the website. You have until 28 February 2022 to take part.

Innovative grant schemes to build business resilience |Residents and businesses in the Royal Borough will benefit from an innovative approach to supporting the local economy using the remaining Additional Restriction Grant (ARG) funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

A grant is being offered to eligible businesses in the borough who either create a new or extended Advantage Card discount on a product or service.

Two levels are available - £5,000 for businesses offering 20% to 39% off, and £10,000 for a discount of at least 40%. Applications can be made until 31 March 2022, funding permitting.

Applications are open to a wide range of business, including business coaches, marketers, web designers, accountants and virtual assistants who are well-placed to help build business resilience, keeping a flow of local spend and helping to develop new partnerships in the Borough.

Charters School in Sunningdale is very proud to be launching a fundraising campaign which really embodies their school motto of Unity Respect Excellence.

There are several unseen students at Charters who are battling long-term medical conditions that prevent them from attending school, and they are raising funds to buy an AV1 Robot so that these children have a chance to be heard and included in day-to-day activities.

With the help of one of their past students, Bayley Prickett, who is now studying Film Studies at university, a wonderful parent and some incredible students, Charters has created what they hope is a fundraising film that people will want to share with their friends. They hope that the film fills you with a similar feeling to the one you may get when you watch a John Lewis Christmas advert, and that it will inspire people to donate to this wonderful initiative.

Each Robot costs £3240 and the school hopes that the local community will donate and give the Gift of Friendship this Christmas.

The Film can be watched here: https://youtu.be/HMTRLkoFCO4

 Charters School