She Is Limitless

This term the Pipers Perfect Team have ran an initiative entitled 'She Is Limitless' driving students at Pipers to believe they can achieve anything they want and to never feel limited. The week ran in aid of PLAN International's "Because I Am A Girl Campaign", the school participated in several different events including: 

Student VS Staff Debate, 'This House believes that girls are more empowered by being taught separately'. The debate was very successful with our Deputy Head Ms Tandon and Head of Middle School Mrs Cresswell proposing the motion and Deputy Head Girl Ellie Freeman and Head of Mandeville Lucy Hobbs opposing the motion. Thanks to all those who attended and participated.

Student Intellectual Debates ran in the Sixth Form Centre for all Year 10, 11 and Sixth Form students. The talks were on: 

• 'Where girls are expected to go instead of the classroom'
• Do the terms 'Feminazi and 'Man-hater' limit girls because they misunderstand what feminism is and so are afraid to openly identify as a feminist?

The whole school also took part in a 'She Is Limitless Quiz' educating students on the history of inspirational women and women's rights.

All students and staff took part in a £2 Mufti Day, "Dress to Express Yourself" in aid of Plan International, encouraging girls to dress to express their own personality and style.

The evening event, 'She is Limitless' was all about driving girls at Pipers to see that they truly are limitless and therefore we invited five inspiration women to speak, we were very lucky and grateful to have had: 

• Gabby Logan - A British presenter and a former Welsh international gymnast best known for her presenting roles with BBC Sport and ITV. 
• Wg Cdr (Ret'd) Sarah Maskell MBE FCMI RAF- MBE winner for developing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies within the Royal Air Force. 
• Sharon Goulds-  Editor of the "Because I am a Girl: The State of the Worlds Girls Report, Plan International". Sharon was also Director of Communications at Plan UK for several years.  
• Jill Shedden- MBE winner for services to Women and Equality. Jill is the Group HR Director at Centrica and supports women both within Centrica and externally through the Women's Business Council.  
• Emma Chaffin- General Manager of the UK and Irish pharmaceutical company: Shield Therapeutics. Emma funded herself through University forging a career in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Emma was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in November 2017, she is now back at work and since has walked the Shine Marathon raising £12,000.

The evening was a great success, with nearly 200 students and parents attending. Girls felt inspired by the fantastic talks given by all of the speakers and we would like to thank them for giving up their time to share their experiences and advice to the students at Pipers.

We are very pleased to announce we raised a grand total of £3,019.33. We are so pleased that all the money raised will be going to PLAN International's Because I Am A Girl Campaign.

Head Girl Chloe Ball would like to extend her thanks: 'The Prefect Team would like to thank all of those involved in both the planning of the week and the week itself, from students, staff and speakers, thank you so much, we could not have done it without the support from you. At Pipers we are so lucky to have the opportunities and education that some girls across the globe do not have and we hope that this total will be able to help make a difference.'