Giving Back

Another busy term of fundraising activities has helped to raise more than £8,500 for important causes, whilst our senior pupils have been gearing up for their summer community service project visit to Zanzibar.

Fundraising Weeks

Clyde and Bannerman Houses hosted their fundraising weeks in the Spring Term, with incredibly worthwhile causes at the heart of their charitable activities.

Clyde House raised £2,226 for Unite Against Cancer, the charity set up in memory of former pupil, Christopher Smith, who passed away in 2012.

From staff vs pupil hockey and rugby contests and the chance to soak a teacher, to the traditional cake and candy stall and Clyde House’s take on ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here’ for the House Show, pupils had a brilliant week, helping to surpass Clyde House’s original fundraising target. Well done Clyde!

Bannerman House followed in late March, a fantastic way to bring the Spring Term to an end. At last count, they had raised the brilliant total of £2,381 for Scoliosis UK, a UK-wide patient support organisation for individuals with scoliosis and their families, with the aim of helping to reduce feelings of isolation, poor body image, inadequate care, needless pain and worry.

The Easter-themed week saw pupils embark on an epic Easter Egg Hunt around the school and guess the number of Easter eggs in a jar for an indulgent and delicious prize! As ever, our Bannerman Buskers performed in the corridors throughout the week, before a brilliant few days of fundraising culminated in an unforgettable ‘Battle of the Bands’.

Well done to all in Bannerman on an impressive fundraising week!

the Bands

Junior 1 pupils enjoyed a visit from Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity in January, hearing about the amazing work they do and learning more about how the £495.87 raised at the J1 Christmas Fair is being used.

HSOG Fundraise for Zanzibar

This summer, a team of 36 pupils and 5 staff members will head to Kinuni School, Zanzibar, to complete a W.A.S.H. (Water and Sanitation and Hygiene) project, working in conjunction with the Tanzanian Government.

Kinuni School is a combined primary and secondary school of approximately 7,000 pupils. Classrooms are basic - there is a blackboard, children sit on the floor and lack the teaching materials we take for granted.

‘Team Zanzibar’ will be based in the primary school, building a much-needed toilet block for pupils and helping to set up a female menstruation programme that will help train teachers to make re-usable sanitary pads. This will help raise attendance and attainment amongst the girls who simply cannot afford sanitary products and so miss multiple days of schooling a month. In addition, the group will assist teachers in the delivery of lessons and engage in a variety of sporting activities.

In order to facilitate the project, Team Zanzibar have been busy fundraising for the last few months!

The Senior School wore their trainers to school for a day and donated old pairs to kick start our collection, so that the group can distribute much-needed shoes to the Kinuni pupils. They sold pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and ran a ‘guess the number of Easter eggs in a jar’ competition. Combined with money raised at the Zanzibar quiz night and raffle, over £2,000 has now been raised towards the project.

All pupils are also undertaking personal fundraising towards the project, with money being added to funds raised for the Uganda 2020 trip which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Summer Term will see a continuation of our shoe appeal, focusing on shoes for children of primary school age (further details will be shared in due course). So, if you have any children’s trainers, jelly shoes, sandals or crocs which you were intending to throw out, let us give them a great home!