Lent Celebrating Primary Schools

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Callum, 10, from Preston is raising money for Lent by cycling 45 miles with his dad! Callum said: ”It’s sad that there are so many children around the world who do not have clean water to drink. I knew that CAFOD’s theme this year was clean water.

I like cycling and thought a sponsored bike ride was a good way of raising money and having fun at the same time.”

Well done Callum!

St Joseph’s, Hebburn created class presentations on water to share the fact that almost a billion people around the world lack access to clean safe water, and to encourage classmates to get involved with CAFOD this Lent.

Yr 5 pupils at Corpus Christi, Wolverhampton raised ÂŁ138.30 for Lent!

We received some brilliant letters from pupils describing why they wanted to raise money.

Children in Our Lady of the Rosary parish in Buckley pledged what they have been giving up for CAFOD on the parish notice board.

St Cuthbert’s, Crook, raised £295.30 for Lent and sent us lots of letters explaining how they did such a fantastic job!

Dear CAFOD At school we have raised money by making a river of silver coins from home. We have been making pictures and selling them for money to give to you as well. We have also been asking people in assembly to do it as well.

We hope the money we have raised will bring happiness to the people you are helping.

Matthew.

Yr 6 at St Nicholas of Tolentino, Bristol, created a money chest and filled it with ÂŁ18.30 in coins for Lent!

The school also raised ÂŁ150 through cake sales and raffles for Make a Splash!

English Martyrs, Oakham pupils took part in a sponsored water carry for CAFOD. They carried water for the distance of 1 mile – that’s 7 times around the sports field!

Pupils from four local primary schools in the Hallam diocese took part in a big water event on World Water Day at Sheffield Winter Gardens to raise awareness of the Thirst for Change campaign.

Their activities attracted the public to come and sign cards to call on David Cameron to take action!

All Saints, Thirsk made a splash for CAFOD by raising ÂŁ105 decorating water droplets with coins!

Y1 planned a games club every Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime 50p to join!

Y2 planned to make a big outline of a water droplet the size of a table to fill with silver coins.

Y3 planned to hold a Quiz Night after school for KS2 pupils!

Y4 planned to hold a toy sale.

Y5 planned an Easter egg raffle with lots of Easter eggs bought with their own money.

At St Aelred’s, Middlesbrough, planned lots of different Lent activities!

Finally, Y6 pupils planned to wash cars and make buns!

St Joseph’s, Aldershot, held a ‘Water challenge day’ at school, with relays and workshops to raise awareness of water poverty and to raise money for Lent!

St Catherine’s in West Drayton built a river of change with coins and made a beautiful display with messages and prayers for water.

Christ the King, Leicester pupils made a ‘River of Change’ Lenten promises display, and have been organising fun fundraising events to raise money this Lent.

Jamie from Chandler’s Ford, raised a great £19.29 for Lent by selling sweets and organising a ‘Draw your own Star Wars card’ activity at school.

Well done Jamie!

Imogen is 10 and lives in Scarborough and she has been busy making cakes and cards to raise money. She has raised ÂŁ700 for CAFOD, of which the last ÂŁ300 is for Lent and so can be matched by the government! Thanks Imogen!

St Joan Of Arc, Highbury Park pupils created water droplet messages of support, and have been fundraising this Lent for water.

Pupils from Our Lady of Peace and St Bernard’s, Slough, inspired people in their parishes with their talks about water, as part of a Speak up for CAFOD! competition in the Northampton diocese.

Jamie works in CAFOD North Wales office and he walked from Holyhead to Holywell as part of the Thirst for Change campaign. He visited 6 schools along the way, including St Mary’s in Bangor where he collected the pupils’ water droplet messages to David Cameron.

Sacred Heart, Westminster have been learning about Rosena’s life in Zambia and about how many children like her still don’t have access to clean water.

Frank Alison is a CAFOD schools volunteer who visited St Augustine’s in Coventry to talk about Rosena in Zambia and how communities like hers have struggled to access safe clean water.

St Augustine’s school council have chosen CAFOD as one of their Lenten charities this year!

St Teresa’s, Basildon had a whole school assembly on the theme of water and learnt about how Rosena’s life has changed thanks to a new water pump installed near her village.

Teignmouth

Our Lady’s and St Patrick’s, Teignmouth pupils dressed in blue, made a river of promises and carried water around the playground as part of Make a Splash this Lent!

St Joseph’s, Waltham Cross pupils learnt about Rosena in Zambia during an assembly on water this Lent.

St Patrick’s Farnborough pupils dressed in blue for Lent Fast Day, and made a river of coins for their Lent activities to help children like Rosena have access to safe water.

St Gregory’s Farnworth created a sea of blue to Make a Splash in Lent.

Molly, 6, from Guildford has her very own Justgiving page and has raised an amazing ÂŁ705.05 so far by carrying water bottles for more than two miles around her primary school.

Well done Molly!

St Edmund Campion, Maidenhead pupils spoke at Masses over Fast Day weekend on the theme of water, and the parish raised ÂŁ1,425.45! Thanks to the speakers for their help in raising this!

St Swithum Wells, Eastleigh pupils have been getting involved with the water theme this Lent – learning, praying, writing messages to the prime minister and giving things up for water!

Pupils at St John’s, East Anglia, created a river, into which they placed messages for David Cameron, along with donations.

They then filled cups with clean water and walked around the school grounds twice, trying not to spill a drop, remembering how precious water is.

St Bede’s, Clayton Green, raised a fantastic £1453.63!

Each class held a sponsored event. One class were sponsored to read books dressed as a book character and another class did a sponsored skip.

Great work St Bede’s!