New York Charity Race

Congratulations to James of Year 2 who travelled to NYC to raise money for charity. He ran a 5km dash/run (3.1 miles) in 41 minutes 23 seconds. This was an event that took place as part of marathon weekend. James-Tobias raised £285.00 for ‘Get Kids Going’, a charity that provides wheelchairs to children and young adults so that they can also take part in sporting events and some have become Paralympian winners.

This charity is also now introducing ‘Get Kidz Dancing’ - a scheme that will offer help to children and young adults who may need wheelchairs to dance.

Pupils attend a Charity Dinner at Pennyhill Park

During November 3 past pupils, Stephanie Powter, Lara Hutt and Melissa Bergquist were invited to attend a ‘thank you’ dinner by the Children with Special Needs Foundation.

As part of their Young Enterprise scheme they had raised £1400 for the charity.  They had held a fashion show, baked and sold cakes, sold chocolate covered strawberries and helped run the Christmas fair. 

The Charity which is based locally in Chobham provides extra support for all children who have special disabilities and their money was very gratefully received.

The dinner was fantastic.  Pennyhill park is an amazing Hotel and Spa and we arrived to a champagne reception.  The host for the evening was Eagle radios morning presenter Peter Gordon and the girls enjoyed a photo with Radio 2’s morning presenter Chris Evans.

During the evening we heard from a parent whose son had benefited from special equipment for her severely Autistic son. We also heard from some very disabled children who were given the trip of a life time to Florida. It made it raising the money real and put our lives into perspective.



All in one week

We have had a natural science theme just before the half term break with our Early Years starting us off on Monday with a fabulous assembly. It was lovely to see so many parents there and the children delivered their lines and performed their poem wonderfully. The Geographers had a very constructive field trip on Tuesday which was followed by the delicious roast dinner with parents on Wednesday to launch our Food for Life programme. With visits from Rasher the pig and Buttercup the cow, children making sausages and learning about milking on Thursday and our Key Stage One children arriving back in school smelling rather smoky after toasting marshmallows in the fire pit.  Another busy few weeks lie ahead with Christmas on the horizon.