June’s Jack Petchey award has been presented to 6th Form student, Amal Shabu.
16 year old Amal has been very active raising funds for the charity CAFOD this year. He organised ice cream sales during the recent heatwave which were a huge hit as well as taking part in a charity abseil down the Arcelor Orbit at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Amal and two friends managed to raise almost £700 and his enthusiasm and drive has made sure the school 6th Form CAFOD group has been invigorated this year.
Mr Halliwell presented Amal with his Petchey certificate and badge yesterday, June 19,  and said: “I have been really impressed with the way Amal organised these summer events. He has shown maturity and arranged things with minimum fuss. When he wanted to organise something he just got on and did it with confidence and didn’t need supervising or coaching.”
Amal is the last of the nine students to receive a Petchey award in school.
The nine, Mr V.I. and our school will receive special awards at the O2 on September 18 at the Newham Schools event.
Amal is now deciding how to spend his ÂŁ250 award money.
