HOUSE COIN TRAIL CHALLENGE July 2010 On Thursday 1st July, Penshurst house organised a whole school coin trail challenge. Everyone was invited to wear own clothes and bring in coins. The coins were placed on house colour tape and the challenge was to see which house could make the longest coin trail.
1st Knole 122.12 metres
£711.51 was raised and this sum will be split between Whizz Kidz and Penshurst Church Fund.
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BOTTLE TOPS FOR 'WHIZZ KIDZ'
PLEASE SAVE YOUR PLASTIC MILK BOTTLE TOPS - ALL COLOURS!
The Granville School are working to save enough milk bottle tops to exchange at the recycling plant for money to buy specially adapted tricycles for disabled children.
A tricycle costs approximately £400. 80 bags of bottle tops are worth £25, so a HUGE number of tops are required!
The bottle tops are of a superior plastic and are recycled to make outdoor play equipment. Because the tops are recycled they are not going to landfill. It is therefore a very worthy cause all round. Please support us.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
By saving your plastic tops (please ensure they are clean) and encourage other people, schools, organisations etc to do so as well. S P R E A D THE WORD !
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Great news! Chartwell House exceeded their target of £500 for a specially adapted tricycle for Whizz-Kidz children. They raised an amazing £617.51 from their Easter Fayre, Cake Sale and Design an Egg Competition. A cheque for this amount was presented in assembly in June.
There were a large number of entries for the 'Design an Egg competition'. These are but a few of the eggsciting, eggsamples of eggsceedingly eggscellent egg designs!
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Pudsey was very busy helping prepare for the Hever Toy Sale on Thursday 12th November. £520 was raised for Children in Need.
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At the end of October, for a donation of a minimum of £2 per child, school uniform was exchanged for denim. Many arrived in school wearing denim and a grand total of £363.60 was raised for the Diabetes Association.
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 Chartwell's Easter Fayre was held on 20th March and  raised an amazing £785 for Demelza House Children's Hospice (this sum includes the collection at the Spring Festival).
Chartwell girls brought in lots of delicious cakes to sell, many with an Easter theme and the girls devised some very enjoyable games and quizzes. The cake sale raised a good part of the money and further funds were raised from the raffle (over 400 tickets were sold), picture colouring, poetry and design a coaster competitions, guess the number of blocks in the chocolate bar and how many mini eggs in a jar and guess the names of the Easter chick and the Easter rabbit.
Thanks go to all Chartwell staff and girls for their hard work organising the Fayre and to the parents (from Chartwell and other houses too) who helped with cake making and the provision of prizes. Thanks to everyone who so generously donated on Spring Festival Day which boosted our final total.
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RED NOSE DAY - March 2009  We supported Comic Relief at The Granville School by  having a non-uniform day on Friday 13th March.
For a donation of £2, everyone wore their favourite clothes and of course, a red nose (the girls bought 120 noses in two days!) After a fun day, we were able to send off a cheque for £430!
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CHARITIES SUPPORTED LAST YEAR
Myasthenia Gravis Association - Myasthenia gravis is an auto-immune disease characterised by fluctuating, sometimes fatal, muscle weakness.
Meningitis UK by donating mobile phones. This company teamed up with the phone company 'The Link' and through recycling schemes, mobile phones were turned into money for Meningitis UK.
Breast Cancer Campaign. The children took part in a 'Wear it Pink' day. Everyone donated money to come into school wearing pink.
Tiger Paediatric ward in Pembury hospital -The Hever House toy sale raises money for a different Charity each year. This year it was given to Tiger Ward in Pembury hospital.
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Toys for the youngest...
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...and for the oldest
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...and toys to buy as presents
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Wildlife Aid benefited from money raised from the raffle of a very large teddy.
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