Abbot’s Hill Parents Association

Autumn

The Autumn term saw the formation of a brand new AHSPA committee headed by Chair, Annette Jones. With some fresh faces and lots of exciting ideas it was time to hit the ground running. As we were still in lockdown events went virtual with a series of festive themed workshops and Polar Bear raffle.

Spring

Running a virtual Easter raffle took some organising, but thanks to some generous donations, 6 hampers were created and a series of vouchers and gifts were also up for grabs. Through the raffle, funds were raised for the School and local charity Billy’s Wish.

The Bears returned! In the Spring term AHSPA were delighted to successfully relaunch the Abbot’s Hill Clan Bears. The bears were exactly the same as were first introduced to the School over ten years ago and were available in clan coloured jumpers.

Summer

During the Easter holidays AHSPA held a second hand uniform sale that raised over £2,000. The Association are very much looking forward to a series of 2022 events and a long overdue ball!

Billy’s Wish

£1100 was donated to local charity Billy’s Wish. Katharine Harper, the charity’s Education Officer, said: “Now it is more important than ever for Billy’s Wish to reach schools. Local and national headlines show a widespread concern that as lockdown restrictions ease, crimes related to gangs, drugs and knives will increase due to frustrations over unresolved issues.

The money raised by AHS will go a long way to help fund our school visits in the next few months. We know from feedback given by teachers and young people alike, that sharing Billy’s story directly to pupils, in both primary and secondary schools has a huge impact.

This amazingly generous donation will also help us to develop new ways we can support children in keeping away from knives and finding positive alternatives.”

2021/2022

Partnerships

As we slowly move out of the pandemic phase, we are really looking forward to resuming our partnership activities. We welcomed two local primary schools on to site for Come and Create in October which was very successful. In the new year, we are launching Come and Investigate, our new series of science workshops for several local primary schools. We look forward to engaging the children in 6 workshops to inspire their scientific minds. We will run K’Nex workshops and Art workshops to local schools and host Herts Music Service in their Proseco and Play event. With a Come and Cook event in the planning, we are really looking forward to opening up to working with other schools and organisations again.