St. Aubyn’s pupils work very hard at various events and activities to raise funds for a wide range of local and national charities. Last year they raised more than £10 000. The three school councils in Pre Prep, Middle School and Senior School vote for the good causes that their Department will raise funds for during the academic year.
Charity is an important part of the Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education that St. Aubyn’s pupils get. Quite often the organizations that we help will send visitors in to talk about their charity. This provides education for our pupils and enthuses them to raise funds.
To develop our pupils as good citizens we also like to get them involved more directly with charitable organisations. For example, Year 7 & 8 pupils helped 100 elderly and disabled people enjoy a Christmas Lunch and Party in the performing Arts Centre. The event was organised by the Reaching Out Project, part of Dis-ability Action Waltham Forest, and by Liveability Waltham Forest. It is really pleasing that the school can support such worthwhile organisations in this way. Click here for a link to this story.
After recent
Harvest Festival celebrations we sent produce and donations to Mill Grove and Haven House Children’s Hospice. The school’s Performing Arts Centre has also been the venue for Haven House’s Christmas Party.
In addition we often get involved in whole school charity events like Red Nose Day, the Poppy Appeal, Jeans for Genes Day and BBC Children in Need. Staff and pupils sometimes organize fundraising events when there is a major national disaster in the world, as was the case in Haiti last year.
This year we will be raising funds for Jeans for Genes (Whole School), BBC Children in Need (Senior School), Crisis at Christmas, NSPCC (Middle School), British Legion's Poppy Appeal (Whole School), Haven House Hospice (Pre Prep), Great Ormond Street Hospital (Pre Prep) and Help for Heroes (Cadets).
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