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School News Matlock athletic club 36 hour virtual relay
Sophie (9AM), Oliver (11RHM), Freya (8CC) and soon to be Highfields student Jacob (current year 6) at All Saints took part in a 36 hour virtual relay at the weekend to raise money for Ashgate Hospice. The event was run by Matlock athletic club of which all four students are members. Sophie is junior girls club captain and Oliver is junior boys club captain.
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The event started at 8.00am Saturday morning and finished at 8.00pm Sunday night. Over 70 members took part from junior through to veterans. Most runners had a 30 minute slot with some having a 60 minute slot. The event was continuous with the virtual baton being handed over at the end of each person slot and logged on Strava running app. Each runner ran in isolation near to where they live and had to run as far as possible in their 30 or 60 minute slot.
The Highfields students all ran 30 minute slots and ran between 4-5miles in their 30 minute slot. Jacob started the event off Saturday at 8.00am and Sophie brought the baton home in the last leg at 8.00pm Sunday night. The event has been such a special thing for them to be part of and so far has raised over £6,000 in just over two weeks for Ashgate Hospice.
The link to the go fund me page is https://www.gofundme.com/f/mac-36-hour-virtual-relay
THANK YOU!
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Thank you to everyone who has, and still is, contributing to the ‘We Are Highfields’ fund - your generosity is amazing! Thanks to the donations received we are able to offer vital support to Highfields families during this outbreak – our total has now reached
£5,136.53!
Thank you to Finley for donating money from your 100km run!
The fund has been set up to support Highfields families affected by the Covid-19 outbreak to get food and connectivity. Anyone wishing to donate to this fund during this crisis can do so through their ParentPay account in the same way that payments for school trips are made.
Three GP Surgeries in North East Derbyshire thank Highfields School
The visors made by Miss Morris, Head of D&T at Highfields have been put to good use (see below) in a GP surgery in North East Derbyshire.
The visors were made at very short notice and are helping to protect those who come into contact with patients every day.
