Our school is looking for paid members to sit on the Student Advisory Board for Volunteering. The Board plays an important role in influencing the development and delivery of the volunteering service. Its aim is to find volunteering opportunities for students and teachers at school.
Volunteering, which has the potential to create positive social impact, is key to school. The Board will ensure that students' needs are at the core of the service so that all King's students can make a difference. This year, the Student Advisory Board for Volunteering's topics include:
● Volunteering opportunities for the disabled.
● Promotion of the Board's service.
● How to recognize and reward volunteers.
● Comment on the Board's work.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity open to all studying at school, no matter how much or how little you have volunteered. The Board will be run both online and in-person, and board members will be paid the London Living Wage （£ 11.95 per hour） via King's Talent Bank.
The application deadline is 23:59 on Friday, 31st July 2024.
Apply via the form below, using your school email address.
My Biggest Challenge
As a writer on an adventure sports magazine, I'd always fought shy of doing the adventurous stuff myself, preferring instead to observe the experts from a safe distance and relay their experiences to readers in the form of written language. Thus, when I was challenged to take part in a mountain climb in aid of raising money for charity and to write about it afterwards. I was unwilling, to say the least.
I was lucky enough to have a brilliant climbing coach called Keith, who put me through my paces after my daily work. He gave me knowledge about everything from the importance of building muscle groups to how to avoid tiredness through nutrition. It quickly became apparent that the mechanics of climbing were more complex than I had imagined. There was the equipment and techniques I'd never even heard of, all of which would come in handy on the snow-capped peak I'd be climbing.
Aware of the challenge, Keith made a detailed action plan and I forced myself to stick to it, doing a daily workout at the gym and going on hike s with a heavy pack. I perfected my technique on the climbing wall and even went to climb the mountain s to get vital experience. My self-belief increased alongside my muscle power and I became confident about finishing the climb.
All too soon I was on a plane to my destination. On that day, when I looked up at the mountain, I thought of abandoning it. But then I remembered all the hard work I'd done and how disappointed Keith would be if I gave up at the last minute-not to mention letting down the charity and the sense of failure I'd experience myself. With a deep breath I gathered my equipment and headed out into the sunshine to meet the rest of the group.
And as I sit here now, tapping away on my laptop, I'm amazed at the details in which I can recall every second of the climb: the burning muscles, the tiredness, the minor problems along the way. Could I have been better prepared? Possibly. Would I be back for another go? Thankfully not. The feeling of being excited when I stood on top of the world is a never-to-be-repeated experience but one I will enjoy forever nevertheless.
According to new studies, many birds in the Amazon rainforest have become smaller as temperatures have increased. The difference hasn't been obvious, but it has been significant enough that some scientists have suggested it's a universal response to climate change.
But new research finds that the body size reductions aren't happening across the board with some large - brained birds having much less significant changes.
For the study, researchers studied some data on about 70, 000 birds that had died when they crashed into buildings in Chicago from 1978 to 2016. They added data on brain volume and lifespan（寿命） for 49 of the 52 species of migratory birds（候鸟） in the original study.
They found that birds with very large brains had reductions in overall body size that were about one-third of the reductions noted in birds with smaller brains. They thought that in birds, the species with big brains are the ones that build tools, manage to survive in tough environments, live longer, invest more time and energy into raising babies, and end up surviving better in the wild.
Researchers aren't certain exactly how warmer temperatures might lead to decreasing body size in birds, but they are considering two possible explanations, which could even be happening at the same time. First, natural selection might be favoring birds that can dissipate heat better. This is because smaller birds have higher ratios（比例） of surface area to volume, so being small can help birds stay cool. Second, warmer summers might have less food available for birds at the time when they are feeding their babies. In that case, birds might be getting smaller because of decreased food over the years.
The findings don't suggest that climate change is having zero impact on bigger-brained birds, but researchers believe these findings can info rm us of climate change and help set conservation priorities.
Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.
We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time.
"I adore dancing," says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. "I can't imagine doing anything else with my life." Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. "Teaching dance is wonderful. It's great to watch them. For many of them, it's a way of meeting people and having a social life."
"I can tell you about one young couple," says Bridges. "They're learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile. ."
So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says, "Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better. I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I'm alive."
A. So why do we dance?
B. Dance in the U. S. is everywhere.
C. If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.
D. I keep practicing even when I 'm extremely tired.
E. My older students say it makes them feel young.
F. Dancing seems to change their feeling completely.
G. They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.
If a cheetah（猎豹）, a wolf and a well-trained human all entered a marathon, who would win?
The cheetah would definitely take an early 1 . The wolf would probably pass the cheetah after a few miles. But at the end of the 26 miles, the human would be the first to cross the 2 line.
Humans have only two legs but a（n） 3 capacity for running. Our powerful lungs give us the stamina needed to run great distances. And because we can sweat, we can control our body 4 while we run. Why are we so good at running? Running was necessary for early human 5 . Of course, we don't often need to run for survival these days. All the same, running 6 to play an important role in human cultures all over the world.
Marathon running is perhaps the best-known example of human running 7 . That is because it is a big business. Millions of people worldwide watch on television as elite runners 8 for millions of dollars. And, of course, businesses 9 products such as athletic shoes during the competition.
How does someone become an elite marathoner? The 10 runners of Kenya seem to have found the answer. Iten is a small farming town in Kenya's western highlands. It is also home to seven of the world's top ten marathon winners. Most of them are 11 of the Kalenjin tribe. They tend to have 12 bodies for running. Their slim bodies, long legs and short waists concentrate 13 where a runner needs it most — the legs.
And because Iten is 8,000 feet above sea level, the Kalenjini 14 an enormous lung capacity. They need it to get oxygen out of the thin air. This gives the Kalenjini an important 15 when they compete in races at lower altitude.
The need for speed is so deeply rooted in modern society that we often forget to press pause and think about the things that get （good） with time:antiques, aged wine, long-term relationships and expertise over the years.
Peking Opera is a slow process too. An often-repeated saying goes as follows:Three minutes on stage, 10 years stage. It's meant as a nod to its demanding nature and a reminder of its high standards that ensure that any performance （do） the way the forefathers wanted it.
Peking Opera is demanding because of the extensive list of skills it （require）. A performer is an actor, singer, dancer, acrobat, mime and martial artist all rolled into one. They're also expected （apply） delicate make-up, put on heavy costumes and, （depend） on their character, perform on stage in 15cm platform shoes.
There is so much to take in disciples（学徒） usually start their career as young children, spending years conditioning their bodies and minds for the stage.
So what chance does theatre beginner with little patience and zero flexibility like me stand against Peking Opera? Do I have what it takes to put on a （success） show? There's only one way to find out: I'm rolling up my sleeves and training under the （guide） of senior stage masters in the field.
When Dylan was just seven years old, he moved to the United States with his mother, Khadine, and his twin younger brothers. The family hoped that their new home would allow them to start over and find success. However, their dream didn't work out exactly as they imagined it would.
Life as a single mother supporting three kids is incredibly difficult, but Khadine had a particularly difficult time after her twin sons had been diagnosed with serious heart conditions. As a result, the boys suffered from dangerous symptoms and required 24-hour care. As Khadine had to work three jobs to support her family financially, it became Dylan's responsibility to look after his young brothers. To relieve Mom's stress, Dylan also found a part-time job at a recreation center.
While Dylan never considered his family to be a burden to him, seeing his mother and brothers become vulnerable（脆弱的） made him determined to plan his future out correctly. He believed education was the only way out of their struggle, so he made a promise to his mother that he would be the first one in the family to go to college.
For that promise, Dylan made use of each and every minute to study while taking care of his brothers. He soon became an honor student at Henry High School and took several advanced classes to keep his grades up. The College of New Jersey was his top choice. He was determined to put that admission letter in his mother's hands.
However, weeks before Dylan's college entrance exam, both his family and his determination were tested again when Khadine fell ill and was unable to work for a while. Soon, the bills became unmanageable and the landlord evicted（驱逐） Dylan's family after Khadine couldn't pay the rent. The family had no choice but to live in the shelter. The place wasn't an ideal place to study. It was often noisy and crowded, and the lights would go out at a certain time after 11 p. m.
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But Dylan continued to follow his dream.
Weeks after his application, an envelope carrying good news arrived.
