Charity week at Pocklington School raises £3,000

Pupils and staff at Pocklington School rounded off the Lent Term with a very successful Charity Week, which raised £3,000 for four chosen charities...

Events held during the lively and busy few days included auctions for the privilege of deluging brave staff volunteers with buckets full of gunge; and for the services of Sixth Formers as Minions for the day.

Teams of five competed in Tug of War competitions; staff took on pupils in keenly-fought five-a-side football matches; some fearless students volunteered to be pelted in the stocks – and a giant game of musical chairs attracted much hilarity.

The Lower and Upper School Fairs had many popular fund-raising stallsorganisedby the pupils themselves, including buns and cakes, fluffy pig racing games, tombolas and lucky dips. A non-uniform day also proved very popular.

Charity Week was organised by the school Sixth Form Charity Committee and supervised by Head of ICT and Computing and Sixth Form Housemistress, Helen Alexander. 

This year the total was shared by the following chosen charities: the World Land Trust, which works to save threatened habitats; the British Red Cross; Dove House Hospice and Harare Children’s Hospital.

Pocklington is an independent, co-educational school for ages 3-18, delivering an excellent all-round education and a vibrant co-curricular life within a supportive and caring community, all founded on a 500-year tradition.