Category: Charity Events
House News
The second half of the Spring Term has seen every member of Cavell, Churchill, Morris and Pankhurst play their part in Inter-House events. We kicked off with pancake races at The Woodford Wells with everyone ‘berry’ keen to ‘rise to the occasion’ and show off their ‘skillet’ in flipping. The day was beautiful sunshine and…
40 Tubs for The Monkhams Pub
Sustainability Council would like to send a big THANK YOU to everyone who supported their confectionery tub collection, on behalf of Greene King’s Tub2Pub campaign, over the first half of the Spring Term. Today, our Sustainability Council members delivered over 40 tubs for recycling to The Monkhams Pub in Buckhurst Hill. The Tub2Pub initiative not…
£700 Raised for the RSPB
RRS Council has been supporting the ever-popular RSPB Badge Sale over the past few weeks, which marks their third year of running this initiative. Through the sale of these badges, they raised awareness about the importance of protecting wildlife in the UK. This project links to the UNCRC Articles 29 and 24, which highlight the…
National Send a Card to a Friend Day
On February 7th, to celebrate “National Send a Card to a Friend Day,” our School Council organised a heart-warming fundraiser to spread kindness in support of YoungMinds, a charity dedicated to improving mental health for young people. Students and staff had the opportunity to purchase specially designed cards and friendship bracelets, all created with care…
£270 Raised for Cancer Research
Krishni (Head of Pankhurst House) and Ms Heath (Pankhurst House Leader) would like to send a very big thank you to all the parents and staff for their amazing book donations and support for the Pankhurst House Book Sale. Once again, everyone was so generous with the quality of the books donated. These contributions played an…
£715 Raised for Macmillan
An amazing £715 was raised on Friday at our PTA-led Macmillan Coffee Morning. Thank you to our PTA, the parents that attended, to those that donated cakes and to our amazing choir for braving the rain to come and serenade the attendees. As always, The Woodford Wells Club were amazing hosts for the event which…
Soccer Aid
Avon House’s first ever Soccer Aid event was a scoring success! The pupils did not let the weather dampen their spirits as they participated in football skills-based activities throughout the day including highly competitive rounds of ‘beat the teacher’ and nail-bitingly close penalty shoot outs! Inside the classrooms, pupils were tasked with designing a mascot…
Sunflower Sale
Mr Reed held his Annual Sunflower Sale after school on Wednesday and Thursday this week. The proceeds this year, which to date stand at around £120, will be going towards buying food from a local supermarket which some of the children will be involved in and then delivering to the Foodbank in Loughton. A big…
Blue Peter Badge
I was awarded a Green Blue Peter badge for sending in photos and artwork about the environment, conservation and nature. I also had to answer some questions to tell Blue Peter how I help to look after the environment, why being green is important to me and how I recycled 1000 old household batteries. Last…
Holi Colour Run for Haven House
This year Churchill raised money through our Holi Colour Fun Run. Our chosen charity, Haven House are known for helping families by providing specialist nursing care and emotional support in a warm and loving environment and when times are tough. There was a real buzz and excitement on Friday the 15th March where parents, staff…
