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Yesterday, children from Class 4 held their coffee morning for MacMillan Cancer Care. They served families the cakes and biscuits they had made on Tuesday as well as the amazing range of sweet treats kindly donated by so many families. Thanks to everyone who was able to attend and for the most generous donations – a total of £269.25 was raised for the work of this amazing charity. The children all explained to their families why they wanted to support this charity but I think Freddie summed it up perfectly: “MacMillan help people with cancer and help prevent it. In 2021, 4.2 million people came to them for help with cancer problems and 3 million people and rising have been diagnosed with cancer. So all the money you donate will go to help them.” Freddie, Year 6.
It was World Mental Health Day on Monday and in worship I talked to the children about mental health, alongside physical health and healthy eating and sleeping as all being required for health. We talked about how powerful the brain is; that if we think negatively about ourselves that negatively affects how we feel. To counteract this, rehearsing positive thoughts such as ‘I can … I am … or I have…’ helps restore positive self image. This is also a key component from our vision – to love ourselves. Many of the children enjoyed making ‘paper chatterboxes’ at playtime, designed to help them think about these positive thoughts.
Thank you to everyone who was able to come to our Harvest Festival this morning. It was a lovely celebration of the traditional harvest-time as well as thinking more deeply about how lucky we are in our lives and to offer thanks for this. The children shared some personal prayers, based on their thinking and thoughts, Class 1’s example is to the right and really demonstrates our school values of ‘love’ and ‘care’ for others. Many thanks for all of the food gifts which will stay in the church and be added to the village collection for local food banks. A reminder that you might also like to support the local work of Winchester Churches Nightshelter in their work by donating to:
https://wcns.org.uk/ways-you-can-give/donate-money-3/