A group of King’s Ely Junior pupils, including four Ely Cathedral choristers, used their pedal power to raise more than £1,000 for good causes. Four members of Ely Cathedral Boys’ Choir - Thomas Perceval-Maxwell, James Barbrook, Max Black and Theo Almond - who are all pupils at King’s Ely Junior, cycled from King’s Lynn, Norfolk, to Ely, Cambridgeshire, on June 1st. The four were joined by...
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Kent College opened it’s Farm gates to the public for the inaugural Farm Open Morning on Saturday 11th of May. Pupils at the College are incredibly lucky to have access to the school’s full working farm, set in 50 acres of grazing land bordering the ancient Blean woods. The Farm hosted over 300 visitors from Kent College and the local community creating a wonderful family atmosphere. Visitors...
Credit: Becky Mursell Photography Around 800 children took part in the annual Flight Centre Schools triathlon event at Charterhouse School last Sunday, raising £85,000 for Restless Development and other charities. Dr Alex Peterken, Headmaster of Charterhouse, said: “We are delighted to welcome the Flight Centre Schools Triathlon to our school for the first time and for the Charterhouse campus to...
More than 700 boys and 70 staff joined together last Friday in Tonbridge School’s inaugural Colour Run around the school’s sports fields. The event, part of the Head Boy’s charity day, raised a fantastic £4,500 for Child Action Lanka, the school’s partner charity in Sri Lanka. Runners started the event with a brief ‘colour party’ before running a 3km route, along which they were...
Staff, parents and pupils from Edge Grove, as well as family members of the local community in Radlett, recently turned out for the school’s first ever charity fun run. The special event was organised to raise money for a variety of charities that are being supported by the school’s London Marathon participants for 2019. Headmaster Ben Evans, along with teachers, Mr Eglinton, Miss Bonnick and...
A driver at Felsted School will be racing in the Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship this year to raise money for UK registered and international charity the Sparkle Foundation. Gustav Burton aims to raise £24,000 this season from corporate sponsorship advertising on his car, which will be used to feed, educate and provide medical care to 100 new children in Africa’s poorest country. Sarah Brook,...
The community at Cobham Hall have raised a staggering amount for Comic Relief as a result of their Bake Sale. On Red Nose Day, Headmistress Ms Maggie Roberts set the target of £500, which was then dubbed ‘The Red Nose Day £500 Challenge’. The Catering Department, especially Mrs Marilyn Pollington, pulled out all the stops to bake and decorate 500 cupcakes each embellished with a Red Nose. These...
Over 200 children and adults from All Hallows donned their trainers and running gear to run a mile for local charity WHY - We Hear You. The children were accompanying Rachel Clark who is running a mile a day every single day of the year to raise money and awareness for the charity WHY. WHY works across Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset and Wiltshire, providing emotional support to anyone who has...
Tonbridge School pupil Alex Trigg has organised an evening of memorable music in support of Child Action Lanka. The concert will take place on Sunday 10 March in the school's chapel and will feature the debut performance of The Orchestra of St Augustine, which Alex founded and will be conducting. All proceeds will go to Child Action Lanka, one of the school’s charities, which aims to assist and...
A former Sibford School student will be running the London Marathon in April in memory of her late boyfriend, and fellow Sibford Sixth Former, Angus Oakey. Angus died in March 2016 from Acute Myeloid Leukaemia while still a pupil at the school. Emily Stewart, who was known as Millie while at Sibford, will be marking the third anniversary of his passing by running in aid of CLIC Sargent. She...
A group of Sixth Form students from Queen’s College, Taunton, recently faced the chop as they cut their hair off for charity. Eleanor Pring, Jasmine Stanhope-White and Tilly Hopcraft-Jones had their locks cut short to raise money for the Little Princess Trust. Harry James, Luke Cuthbert and Will Brown now have rather cold heads after shaving their hair off for CLIC Sargent. The Little Princess...
Felsted School girls have raised £5,277 for the St Clare Hospice to help make a difference to hundreds of families in the United Kingdom. The girls in Follyfield boarding house chose the organisation as their house charity and have been fundraising for them for the past two years. This included putting on a show for friends and family, where many of the girls from the school played instruments and...
Pupils at Scarborough College have raised a substantial amount of money for those at The Rainbow Centre. With fundraising activities, donations of clothes and second hand toys, students have been preparing their own gifts which Father Christmas will deliver, on our behalf, to The Rainbow Centre families. From Year 5 through to Sixth Form, they have raised £1,700 in just one week. This money is...
Westbourne School choir treated family, friends and the local community to a performance of True Colours at the NSPCC's Llandaff Cathedral Carol Concert last night. Under the direction of Ms Sarah Berwick, the choir put in weeks of practice, dedication and teamwork to create a great performance, displaying of both Upper and Lower School coming together in musical harmony. Westbourne has supported the...
A Wellington School pupil has won the ‘Outstanding Young Person Award’ at the National Air Ambulance Awards. Ali Layard was presented with his trophy by celebrity Richard Madeley. The Great Western Air Ambulance nominated Ali for his fundraising efforts on their behalf. He sustained life changing injuries when his legs were caught in the propeller of a narrowboat and was hospitalised for four...
The Kingswood community has donated 282 advent calendars to Bath Foodbank, almost 100 more than last year’s campaign. The school has had a regular foodbank basket for almost two years and in November 2016-17, donating over half a tonne of food to the Foodbank. Mrs Catherine Nash, Head of Drama and Theatre and organiser of the campaign, commented: “In the lead up to Advent we have collected...
Kent College, Canterbury has developed a Global Schools partnership with schools and communities in southern Tanzania over the past 8 years. Three teachers at the school recently visited Masambarawe in Southern Tanzania as part of their remarkable Global School Partnership with schools and communities in southern Tanzania. A partnership has developed with Klerruu Secondary School and Saba Saba Junior...
Pupils at Burgess Hill Girls Junior School recently showed their support for Anti Bullying Week by backing Odd Socks Day. It was an opportunity for children to express themselves and celebrate their individuality. The Junior School is marking every day of Anti Bullying Week with special assemblies on topics including respect, finding your moral compass, and when to intervene if you think bullying is...