As a school with a strong Christian ethos, we actively encourage our children to be aware of the needs of others, to think about how they can respond to help people in situations worse than their own & to realise their responsibilities as citizens.

Aside from the usual Children in Need, Red Nose Day plus our very own Enterprise Project with YMCA White Rose, we have loads of requests to do things for charity in school. Some children will also do charity events in their spare time out of school, but we still ask them to share what they have achieved & make other children aspire to make a difference. Needless to say, we are extremely proud of all that they achieve!!

To hold a charity event at school, children first of all have to pitch their idea to the Headteacher, plan out their event using formal proformas, create a Powerpoint show & then have to present to the school. Only then are they ready to go ahead with the actual event. We find that this process helps our children to think carefully about all of the aspects involved in planning an event as well as shows off their commitment to making something happen! We have children from all age groups getting together to do this – there is no age limit.

Here are just a few of the many amazing things that our children got up to for charity:

Y4 Boys’ Bun Sale

In October, some of our Y4 Boys held a Bun Sale in aid of Sheffield’s Children’s Hospital. They raised a fantastic £123.20. Thank you to everyone who donated cakes & money to this fantastic cause! Very well done boys!

Y4 Girls’ Bun Sale  & ‘Guess the Name of the Teddy’ Competition

In December, our Y4 girls: Martha McCann, Xian Vercueil, Grace Osasu, Hamna Khan, Annapurna Das & Sophie Chapman-Parmar put on a Bun Sale & ‘Guess the Name of the Teddy’ competition in aid of Animal Aid.  The event was all planned by the girls themselves & was presented to the school during Friday’s Celebration Assembly. They managed to raise a fantastic £61.21! Well done, girls!

Y5 Bun & Bric-a-Brac Sale

A group of Y5s held a Bun & Bric-a-Brac Sale in May to raise money for  Water Aid. Amelia Spencer, Issey Campsill, Brooke Taylor, Mia Kemp, Evie Staniforth & Joshua Liddle did a great presentation to the school in assembly & planned the whole event themselves. They managed to raise a fantastic £60.40 for a great cause!

Y5 Girls’ Bun Sale in aid of YMCA White Rose 

Fran Oliver, Lexy-Bee Reid, Phoebe Bland, Daisy Snowden, Jessica Butterley, Lily Naylor, Alice Reaney & Connie Tomkinson (Y5) held a bun sale & competition on 25.11.16 in aid of YMCA White Rose & managed to riase a fantastic £87.18! You can be proud, girls!

Y4 Bric-a-brac Sale for Unicef

A group of Y4 children took it upon themselves to hold a Bric-a-brac sale (10.2.17) in aid of Unicef. This was following their presentation during the prior week’s Celebration Assembly. The group included: SiZhe Luo, Samuel Bennett, Alex Radbourne-Harris, George Brown, Megan Hill, Samuel Giles, Joseph Blanks, Lily Grayson & Jacob Parr. The children managed to raise a total of £63.15! Well done, guys!

Y4 Boys’ Bun & Bric-a-Brac Sale

A group of our Y4 boys: Harrison Corrin, Guy Eckersley, Jesse Drought, Hugo Deeks, Daniel Eames, Samuel Bennett & Jacob Parr held a Bun & Bric-a-brac sale in March in aid of the British Red Cross. They managed to raise a fantastic £106.46! Great going, boys!

Y2 Bun Sale

In May, a group of Y2s took it upon themselves to raise money for Totley Library & the Jews for Jesus charity. The children were: Isaac & Jessica Rai, Stanley Coe, Felix Chen & Qui Lau.  They managed to raise £82.95 & the money was split between the two good causes. Very well done!