Fundraising Fair at Oxford Community School

Year 8 students at Oxford Community School held a fundraising fair at the end of term to raise money for Charity Bolivia. This is the school where I work and so I decided to organise this event.


All students in the year group had been learning about Bolivia and Colonia Ecologica during the term in their PSHE lessons, and had looked at the country and its culture as well as learning about the lives of the children and receiving and writing letters to some of the children at the project. They responded very well to this and were keen to take part in the fair. It was a very successful afternoon - the students came up with their own fundraising ideas and organised themselves brilliantly.


There were a huge variety of stalls, such as henna painting, makeovers, lucky dip, penalty shoot out, wet the teacher, cake stall, basketball challenge, refreshments, eat a donut without licking your lips and many many more. There was also a very popular raffle. They enjoyed the afternoon running their stalls and visiting others and Year 7 students also got the chance to come and visit.


Many members of staff helped out by donating prizes, buying tickets from members of my tutor group, 8CH, and visting on the day, so many thanks to all of them. Through these efforts, we managed to raise the grand total of £355.52. This money will go towards the purchase of a minibus for Colonia which should be happening very soon.


Thanks again to the staff and students of OCS for making this possible!
Claire Hamnett