Jerudong International School (JIS) organised a fundraising week recently to help Brunei students with special needs.
JIS Junior School Head Paul Bannister said the fundraiser helped the students understand the benefits of charitable acts while the school strives for high academic standards and prides itself on creating students with good values and morals who will positively benefit their communities.
Among the activities were ‘Dollar for a Job’, ‘Wet Sponge a Teacher’, ‘Coin Drop’, ‘Launch a Teddy’, ‘Disco on the Helipad’, ‘Favourite Character Dress Up Day’ and a bake sale.
A popular activity was the ‘Coin Drop’ where students collected coins which they rolled down pipes from the first floor of the Junior School building to the ground level into troughs of water.
The bake sale saw Year 6 students from the Junior School Council selling baked goods during the morning breaks while ‘Launch a Teddy’ saw students designing parachutes to keep their teddy bears in the air as long as possible.
‘Wet Sponge a Teacher’ saw teachers volunteering to be soaked by students. The week ended with students dressed as their favourite characters.
