{"id":37,"date":"2016-10-07T15:29:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/?p=37"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:29:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:29:47","slug":"putting-the-fun-into-fundraising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/2016\/10\/07\/putting-the-fun-into-fundraising\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the ‘fun’ into fundraising"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week has seen the pupils of St Peter’s go the extra mile to ‘Brighten up the Harvest’ as part of the year’s CAFOD harvest\u00a0fundraising campaign.<\/p>\n

The children dressed up brightly on Thursday to raise money for CAFOD and bring a wave of red, white and blue colour throughout the school, combining fundraising with our American theme day when they enjoyed some state-side treats served in the canteen.\u00a0 The pupils were delighted with an indulgent lunch and a great selection of donuts for a very special treat, so my thanks go to Mrs Gray and her team for working so hard to serve such a lunch to\u00a0the children.\u00a0 The bright clothing raised over \u00a3360 for CAFOD, so thank you to the parents and carers\u00a0who funded this across the school.<\/p>\n

The fundraising continued on Friday with a Year 5 cake sale (motivated in part by the masses of goodies left over<\/em> from the recent Runway’s End trip!) taking place under the sharp supervision of Mrs Edge, Mrs Moore and Miss Rayson, raising over \u00a3130.\u00a0 To balance out the calories, not that children count them!, pupils in Year 6 ran afternoon outdoor activities and challenges that children in other year groups could take part in, and Mrs Turner’s and Miss Stapley’s classes raised over \u00a3100.\u00a0 Well done to all of the children who took part.<\/p>\n

To make sure that the children knew exactly what they were raising all the money for, we were lucky enough to have an assembly presented to the children by Patrick and Isobel Flynn representing CAFOD.\u00a0\u00a0With the aid of garden tools, an overflowing vegetable trug and a box of worms, Patrick and Isobel helped the children to understand the importance of supporting our sisters and brothers in Bolivia as part of this autumn’s CAFOD harvest campaign.\u00a0 http:\/\/cafod.org.uk\/<\/p>\n

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Not to be left behind, and thanks to the efforts of Mrs Luter, the staff at St Peter’s have also raised over \u00a380 for Macmillan nurses through the coffee (and cake!) mornings, which in truth lasted over 5 days in the staff room!<\/p>\n

So, in the space of just a week, St Peter’s has raised over \u00a3670 for good causes in the UK and abroad; a true demonstration of faith, compassion and commitment towards those in need.\u00a0 Thank you to all who contributed in any way to these campaigns.<\/p>\n

Mr R Cunningham<\/p>\n

Headteacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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