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Catholic Primary School

At St John's we grow and learn in the footsteps of Jesus.

Charity Fundraising

At St John's Catholic Primary School, our learning is underpinned by Catholic Social Teaching. It is embedded in everything we do and the main premise is to enable children to make a positive difference in our world and take action. We want children to be the leaders and the change makers of the future!

 

Many of the fundraising activities that go on throughout the school year are led by the children themselves and the children take great pride in being able to support those in need.

Dorothy House Reindeer Run

We were delighted to welcome Tracey back from Dorothy House who visited on Friday 17th January. She was overwhelmed with the amount we had raised from the Reindeer Run in aid of our wonderful local Hospice; the grand total was £1073.42.

 

A huge thank you to all our pupils, staff, governors and families who managed to fundraise this amazing amount and take part in this event that is very close to all hearts. Mr Smith would be proud!

Trowbridge Food Bank - Cereal Challenge

 

In preparation of our annual Harvest service all the pupils and staff were asked to donate boxes of cereal support the Trowbridge Food Bank. Once again our special school community didn't disappoint and donated over 450 boxes of cereal which will be well received by local families in need. Before the cereal boxes were delivered to the Food Bank we set up a Cereal Domino Challenge on the school playground. Take a look at the video - we had lots of fun!

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Dorothy House Elf Run

Children had fun and took part in raising money for Dorothy House, our local Hospice.

The children were sponsored by their families and friends to run a specific target of a mile or more. It was great to see the track being  enthusiastically used and children looked great in their elf hats!

 

We are so proud of what we raised as a school. Last Friday, some of the sports council presented a cheque to Tracey from Dorothy house. She was amazed by our total of £1093.70.

 

Well done to all those that took part and a big thank you to your families for all your support. This is a fantastic achievement!

 

Wear Blue and Yellow for Ukraine Disaster Appeal

 

The school family gathered together to support the Ukraine Disaster Emergency Committee Crisis Appeal organised by the Wiltshire Youth Council. The group are providing urgent humanitarian aid including food,  water, shelter, healthcare and protection. The campaign will be marked as Youth4Ukraine. Staff and pupils were invited to wear something blue and yellow for a £1 donation.

 

We raised £308.30 towards the Appeal - thank you to everyone who supported this important cause. 

 

Wiltshire Air Ambulance

 

Members of the Wiltshire Ambulance Team visited on Monday 9th January to delivering basic emergency training to pupils in KS1.

 

Thank you to all the families who supported the wonderful work of this local service. Our school family raised £124.00 for the vital work of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance. The pupils learnt so much from this emergency service - fantastic example of dignity of work in our community!

 

Thank you to everyone who contributed to their appeal.

 

 

Friday Toy/Book Sales During Lent

 

The pupils have organsied weekly second hand toy sales during Lent every Friday. The money raised will go to the Save The Children and CAFOD Appeal Fund to support children in Ukraine.

 

 

Thank you to everyone who has supported this event - it has been lots of fun to upcycle and raise money for important work to support our brothers and sisters across the world. The pupils raised £186.30

 

Dorothy House Elf Run 

 

Our Chapel Champions worked hard to organise an Elf Run which took place on Friday 3rd December. 

The run was in aid of Dorothy House Hospice and all children at St John's were invited to take part in their mile a day dressed in Elf Hats (provided by Dorothy House).

 

The children all had great fun and raised an impressive £1486 for the charity. Well done everyone.

 

 

 

Wood Green Animal Sanctuary

 

Congratulations to the change makers in Year 6 who raised £100 for the Wood Green Animal Sanctuary. The charity received the cheque and sent this reply to the boys involved.

Clifton Diocese Emmaus Water Pump Project 

 

A group of our Year 6 chang makers in Class 10 organised a raffle to raise some money for the Clifton Diocese Water Pump Project.The pupils asked everyone to donate prizes and we received nearly 70 items.

 

The raffle took place in the school hall with all the pupils in their classes on Teams video links.  As the winners were called out the pupils came to the hall to choose their prize.

 

We would like to congratulate the boys on raising £200 for this worthy charity.

 

Penalty Shootout in aid of CAFOD 

 

Children from Class 8 raised funds for CAFOD by creating a fund-raising opportunity for the school. They called it “Penalty Shootout” and it was a great success. They managed to raise just over £120 to help CAFOD to reach out to people living in poverty with practical help, whatever their religion or culture. The children involved were Poppy M, Iga K, Daisy B, Kittie E and Amie L.

 

 

 

Blue Cross Donation 

 

During last summer three pupils in Class 6, Maja M, Weronika K and Tatiana D raised £136 for the Blue Cross Appeal by running a Craft Shop every break time and lunchtime.  They made bookmarks and other toys to sell to their classmates. They recently handed over the money to the staff at the Blue Cross Shop in Trowbridge.

 

Well done girls for all your hard work.

 

Lemonade Stand for CAFOD 

 

We were absolutely thrilled with the response we had from the children in EYFS at the end of last academic year to organise and create their very own 'Lemonade Stand'. The EYFS cohort of children were inspired by one of their friends who decided 'they wanted to do more' for children without access to clean water. The children became leaders and created their own 'Lemonade Stand Project' which was great fun and raised     £164. 73. A huge well done to you all, we can't wait to see what you achieve in Year 1! Thank you very much to the EYFS (now Year 1) parents who supported us and for the very  generous donations. All the money donated will be forwarded to CAFOD Walk for Water campaign.

Sponsored Read 

 

Thank you to all the pupils who took part in the Sponsored Read. We have raised £2000 to spend on books for the school!

 

The winners of the sponsored read (most minutes read in a week) were:

 

FS- James C

KS1- Finley T

LKS2- Lidia P

UKS2- Oscar W

 

Their prize of a book will be coming to them soon.

 

SPONSORED WALK AND JUST GIVING FOR BAILEY-MAY RAISES £3618.11 FOR BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PLAY THERAPY. 

 

Earlier on this year, Bailey in Year 6 was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour which was removed during surgery. Bailey's treatment and  recovery was at Bristol Children's Hospital and the play therapy she experienced during rehabilitation was invaluble.

 

Upon returning to school in September, Bailey and her friends were very keen to carry out a fundraiser to raise money for the charity responsible for the play therapy. They decided to organise a sponsored run which took place in October. The sponsored run involved the whole school and this, along with the Just Giving page set up by Bailey's family, raised an incredible £3618.11.

 

 

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