Godstowe pupils contribute to the community

The school fundraises for local and national charities, organising events throughout the year.  

The first of these fundraising efforts was our 'Star of Hope' Mufti Day on the 20th September, which raised an impressive £580.85 for Bowel Cancer UK.

Our final Mufti Day in Autumn was in aid of a fabulous charity, of which one of our Year 1 teachers is a trustee, the very worthwhile Schoolreaders.

SchoolReaders provides volunteers to go into primary schools to help children read, as a result of which they leave in year 6 with vastly improved levels of literacy.

Children from Lodge and Main School wore starry outfits and also held cake sales, cleaned cars and thought of many more inventive ways to raise the £15 it costs to fund one of these volunteers for a year. It’s so simple, yet incredibly effective and our donation was a fantastic £1,550.33 - and the total is still rising!

A number of fundraising efforts by Godstowe pupils and staff amounted to £627 for Cancer Research UK.

November saw Godstowe's reception area filled with multi-coloured gifts to send to children in Moldova, as part of the Love in a Box scheme run by the Mustard Seed Mission.

In addition to the gifts contained in the boxes, there was also a total of £1,142 in contributions, which helps to pay for the transportation of the Christmas gifts.

Godstowe saw the Harvest period as the perfect opportunity to partner with our local foodbank in Chesham. All pupils brought food in and we were able to make a huge donation of 742 kilos of food. This will have provided food and other necessities for 106 people for three days. A representative from the Foodbank came in to talk to our girls about the charity.