Charity Events

2021-2022

Charity events have once again been an integral part of school life. We have had a number of very successful events both whole school and individual class events. The girls had the challenge of organising their events during Covid restrictions; however, they rose to this and came up with some excellent charitable events.

Each form class in the senior school is tasked with organising a charity event at some point during the school year. They use form times to decide which charity they would like to support and how they plan to raise the money. Charity representatives tend to take the lead when organising these events and I thank them for their efforts with this.

Stephanie Stirton Charities Coordinator

Senior School

I SENIOR

IM held an Easter carnival event, with fun stalls and a lemonade stand. They raised £306.15 which was split between Water Aid and Cancer Research. IA organised a scavenger hunt and raffled a hamper full of goodies and raised £97.20 for Befriend a Child.

II SENIOR

IIM organised a whole school raffle and raised £178.24 for the Eve Rose Foundation, which helps those suffering with cystic fibrosis. IIA also organised a raffle and they made £220.45 for Mental Health Aberdeen.

IV SENIOR

IVM organised a Christmas hamper raffle for Calico and raised £400.

III Senior

Both IIIM and IIIA worked together to organise a sponsored run during their games lesson. They raised a fantastic total of £1,040 for Friends of the Neonatal Unit.

V Senior

A number of girls from VM have been volunteering individually for various charities. VA organised gifts for Mission Christmas. This provided many local families with presents for their children on Christmas day.

VI Senior

Unfortunately the girls were unable to hold their Winter Wonderland event due to Covid restrictions. However, they channelled their energy into helping with a collection of food for the Cyrenian’s foodbank in December.

Junior School

THE JUNIOR SCHOOL SUPPORTED A RANGE OF CHARITIES THIS YEAR.

2 JUNIOR

In March, 2 Junior girls played their part in supporting the international community by raising money for the Fairtrade Foundation, which helps improve the lives of farmers and workers worldwide. The girls organised a raffle and sold tickets across junior school.

5 JUNIOR

In March, Charlotte, Evangeline, Jessica, Manuela and Olivia in 5 Junior decided that they would like to raise money for the SSPCA. The girls prepared an assembly for the junior school where they launched a drawing competition for all of the junior school classes.

In addition to this, the girls decided they wanted to take part in a sponsored silence themselves and they were joined by some of their classmates. They spent a very quiet lunchtime, and were silent for a full half hour. From the sponsor money and the entry fees for the drawing competition the girls raised the impressive sum of £252.00 for their charity.

7 JUNIOR

The girls in 7 Junior made poppy themed cupcakes in Design and Technology to raise funds for Poppy Scotland. In total they raised £90.

Whole School Events

In September staff enjoyed the return of the Macmillan Coffee Morning.

IIS food technology pupils and some staff baked some delicious treats and £322.47 was raised for the charity. In October our first non-uniform day took place for the SSPCA and £274.60 was raised in total. The Poppy Appeal for the British Legion was well supported by the whole school in November. When the War in Ukraine broke headlines in February the whole school rallied together to collect vital supplies to be sent to those in need via the charity Abernecessities. The bra bank for Against Breast Cancer has been filling up throughout the school year. Finally the second non-uniform day raised £484.20 for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Overall, this year has been another successful year for charitable causes.