The Flagpole

The College has completed another super year of fundraising for Mary’s Meals, finishing Year 3 of the Makalanga project at £8,442 - fully funding the feeding programme for 622 children at Makalanga school for the year.

Over another amazing year the project has received donations from pupils, staff, parents and friends of the Foundation across a range of fundraising events that have included the Cycling Pilgrimage #2, World Porridge Day and in particular the recent 24 miles in 7 hours sponsored walk. Some 169 individual online donations have been received ranging in size from £5 to £500 which together with the in-school collections have helped the College top its fundraising target for the year.

Huge thanks to all involved in supporting the project, together you have helped Princethorpe College become one of the top school fundraisers for charity Mary’s Meals.

The extra sponsorship money and donations have now been rolled into Year 4 of the project taking the balance to a very healthy £1,572.91.

What a wonderful achievement by all.

If you would like to support Year 4 of the project or find out more, please click here. 

With assemblies cancelled, last week pupils in Benet House used their Tutor Time to write letters and emails to the residents of Low Furlong Residential Home for the elderly. Low Furlong in Shipston-on-Stour is on lockdown due to COVID-19 and the residents were very much missing visits from family and friends.

Benet’s pupils wrote beautifully empathetic emails and handwritten letters, reaching out to the residents in this time of isolation and loneliness. They wrote about their hobbies and interests; the subjects they are studying; what they want to do when they are older and why; their ambitions and hopes for the future; they offered messages of comfort and encouragement; asked questions about what life was like when the residents were younger and the memories they have of being at school and they even shared jokes.

The residents loved receiving the letters and emails and finding out what is happening in the wider world. The thoughtfulness of Benet's pupils brought a little joy at a much-needed time. 

What a wonderful example of kindness from all those involved.