Appeal for young donors

The North School teamed up Eighteen PCGE students staged Shocking statistics revealed by with Canterbury Christ Church activities for Year 7 pupils where blood cancer charity Anthony University students for a day they had to undertake a series of Nolan reveal that almost one filled with experiments and tasks including mathematical in 10 young men could not be learning. quests, problem solving, treasencouraged to sign up to a blood

Student teachers on the Posture hunts, checking pulse rate, stem cell or bone marrow register.graduateCertificateinEduca-astaminatest,buildingspacetion (PGCE) 11-18 programme at ships and making potions that Men aged 16-30 are 3.5 times the university have been workHarry Potter could use. more likely to be chosen as a ing as Science, Technology, Charlotte Connell, the school’s stem cell donor than average, Engineering and Mathematics KS3 science co-ordinator said: however they make up only 15% (STEM) ambassadors in a joint “Throughout each session each of the Anthony Nolan register. venture with Kent and Medway room was buzzing with enthuThe register is hoping to inspire Stem. siasm. The atmosphere was more young men to sign up to

As part of their development wonderful. The students were potentially save lives. the post-graduate student teachamazing and their positive Find out more about ers have staged workshops engagement was noted by the Anthony Nolan’s March of across the county, including this PGCE students who had organthe Men campaign at www. one at Ashford’s North School. ised the activities for the day.” anthonynolan.org/NotAverage