Thinking of Others

One focus in the first half of the Christmas Term is how thankful we are for the food we have and an awareness that others are not so fortunate. Donations to Maidenhead Foodshare and the One Can Trust were even more important this year in local efforts to look after those suffering food poverty during the pandemic. While we were not able to visit our local care homes and pass on food parcels this year due to the risks of the pandemic, we thank our families for helping us to pass on so many goods to the charities we support instead.

In November, Nursery Ducklings celebrated friendship by having a photo taken with their friends. Year 3 each made a bookmark for another member of the class. Year 2 learned that we are all a piece of the puzzle and enjoyed putting their friendship jigsaws together. At the end of the week, there were many nominations in Friday’s assembly for children whose thoughtful, caring actions helped their peers and made new classmates feel welcome.

Our wonderful Chapel provides a perfect setting for reflection and commemoration. This year’s Remembrance Day was honoured with a special service and, of course, poppy-selling, with the help of our Head Boy and Girl and Prefects.

Our Children In Need non-uniform day was a fantastic way to help other young people while wearing our own comfortable clothes! The theme was ‘Come As Yourself’ and we managed to raise £679.46. In lieu of our usual toy donations for the Father Christmas Assembly this year, we had a fantastic response to a call for Tesco and Sainsbury’s vouchers to give to the Link Foundation. Over £1400 was donated in vouchers for the charity to use for local families and Mr Sales was delighted to present these in person, all sociallydistanced! The last day of term we dug out our best Christmas sweaters, or improvised with some tinsel and decorations, to take part in Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day, raising £510 to ‘make life better with a sweater’. It was great to see everyone looking so festive too!