We take pride in showing our core values of love, hope, creativity and curiosity by supporting a number of different good causes throughout the year. Please take a look at the photographs of the organisations we work with and the activities we have taken part in.
This year one of our projects has been to raise money to contribute towards a trip that Mrs Bennett, our deputy head, made to a school in Nakuru, Kenya. We sold homemade cakes and jams to help raise funds. We also donated shoes, tooth brushes, tooth paste, soap and small toys.
Whilst in Kenya Mrs Bennett taught a lesson on hygiene, the children loved using the toiletries we had sent over. Each child received a bag with an outfit in and lots of the children were given new shoes. Mrs Bennett also helped cook and serve a meal. Many of the children had never tasted meat before.
We hope to stay in touch with the school and support the children there again in the future.
At our recent afternoon tea, we welcomed over-60s from our community, including many grandparents and members of the Royal British Legion. We served homemade cakes and drinks. The room buzzed with intergenerational conversation. This helped our pupils grow in confidence, show compassion, and recognise the power of their voices in building a kinder, more connected community.
In April 2025, we worked alongside an organisation called Feed the Hungry. Children from our federation schools travelled to Horton to work with us. We learnt about food poverty and how the organisation works to support children and their families in 92 different countries.
We worked in teams to pack food parcels that were then sent to Zimbabwe. We each had a job on our mini production lines. Some of us were measuring different ingredients into the packs; others sealed and stuck labels to the packs.
We were very excited to see the photographs of the food we had packed arriving in Zimbabwe!
Working alongside our Christian youth worker we have decided this year to raise money for a toilet twinning charity. Jordan came and worked with us to look at the different types of toilets in Kenya and Pakistan. We then completed a class quiz looking at statistics about toilets around the world. We found out that 26% of the population are without a toilet. We then listened to Issai’s story, she was a woman who lived at a refugee camp who told us about the condition of the toilets and how sickness was high due to the unsanitary conditions. She then told us how much the charity had changed their lives by building a toilet block at the campsite, they had reported less sickness and the smell had improved around camp. We discussed how they would feel if they had to go to one of these toilets. Then we came up with ideas to help people around the world to have access to a toilet. We found out that it only costs £60 to build a toilet for a community. To help raise money for this charity we had a ‘poo party.’
