Charity

The School supports numerous charities throughout the year. These include CAFOD, Great Ormond St. Hospital for Sick Children, Little Haven’s Hospice, The Children’s Society, Barnardo’s, SNAP, Macmillan and the local Women’s Refuge.

20p Coil Trail 2018

The collection this year was outstanding. Thank you for your generosity. The event raised over £912 which is to be donated to CAFOD to help educate families in Third World countries to grow and produce a food source and to provide water supply to their homes. Well done to St. Patrick’s House who were the group that made the longest line, closely followed by  St. Andrew’s,  St. David’s, and St. George’s.

The Great Ursuline Bake Off 2018

Ready, Set, BAKE for Macmillan!

On Friday 28^th September, the children at Ursuline Preparatory School swapped pencils for whisks in a bid to compete in the Great Ursuline Bake Off.

Miss Amelia Allen, class teacher and keen baker, hosted a bake off contest open to children from Pre-Reception (Nursery) to Year 6 (Aged 10-11). Depending on their age group – the children were given the task of baking Signature Cupcakes, Technical Biscuits or Showstopper Sponges (with a sport theme decoration or a hidden surprise inside!) Nearly 100 children entered the competition and donated.

The judges had an impossible decision to decide the winners from each category. The children produced phenomenal bakes with an array of delicious flavours, tantalising textures and daring designs – and there was not a soggy bottom in sight!

Pupils, staff, friends and families of the school all supported the day, which culminated in a coffee morning and bake sale. In total, the school raised an incredible £1,146.20.

Visit the Gallery to see more photographs from this event.

GTCA 2018

Due to the mini 'Beast from the East' the fun run had to be cancelled this year. But in order to still support the charity that children, staff and parents were running for many participants competed instead in the South Weald Park run in order to still raise money for the GTCA charity.

Children in Need 2017

The Ursuline theme for BBC Children in Need 2017 was Spotacular!  On Thursday 16^th November the Ursuline turned into an a rainbow of spots everywhere as children arrived in school dressed in home clothes with as many spots as they could find.  Thank you to all families for their generosity and effort with the children’s costumes. Everyone looked very colourful!  The children all brought in donations for this worthy cause.

Christmas Shoe Box Appeal 2017

Parents and children were very generous filling their shoe-boxes this year; filling 157 boxes to be sent to children all over the world. The staff at Samaritans Purse were very grateful and delighted with our efforts! The destination of our shoe-boxes is unknown at the moment but they may go to Africa, Eastern Europe or even Iraq.

Coin Trail 2017

On the 30th October, following an assembly with representatives from CAFOD, the school held the annual 20p coin trail. The children went into the playground  to lay all the  20p coins they had collected in their house lines. It was close competition between the houses, but in the end the results were:

4th St. Andrew
3rd St. David
2nd St. George
1st St. Patrick

Thank you for all your generosity which makes a BIG difference to children overseas in developing countries.

Great Ursuline Bake Off!

Ready, Set, BAKE for Macmillan!

On Thursday 28^th September, the children swapped pencils for whisks in a bid to compete in the Great Ursuline Bake Off.

Miss Amelia Allen, class teacher and keen baker, hosted a bake off contest open to children from Year 1 to Year 6. The children could select from the judges challenges – a signature biscuit bake, technical jam tarts or a spectacular showstopper sponge – and brought their baked goods into school for judging.

The judges had an impossible decision to decide the winners from each category. The children produced phenomenal bakes with an array of delicious flavours, tantalising textures and daring designs – and there was not a soggy bottom in sight!

Pupils, staff, friends and families of the school all supported the day, which concluded in a bake sale of all the children’s sweet treats. In total, the school raised an incredible £800.

It was a fantastic way to encourage young bakers and raise awareness of this fantastic cause.

Visit the Gallery to see some of the wonderful creations.

St. Issac's House Uganda 2017

Thank you to all the parents and children who donated pencils, pens and stationery for Mrs Deery's trip to Uganda. She was delighted when she collected a very heavy suitcase!  Please follow her progress via the blog link below:

http://www.travelpod.com/members/weightmans

NSPCC

We are pleased to inform you that the final total raised following all the different class fund raising event was £3007.30; the representative from the NSPCC was extremely grateful on behalf on the charity.

Carol Singing at Lakeside 2016

Lower Two travelled to Lakeside Shopping Centre on Thursday 8^th December to sing carols in order to raise funds for SNAP, a local charity which the Ursuline supports.

Christmas song and carol after carol were soon rolling out: each one as tuneful and melodious as the last, with some carols enhanced by synchronised choreography. A loyal band of parents and friends had come along to provide some much needed audience response. After just over an hour of constant singing, Lower Two headed back to school where they counted the funds in their collection box, amounting to £94.

Coin Trail 2016

The children thoroughly enjoyed placing all the 20 pence coins that they had collected in their respective house lines. This event raised the significant sum of £816 which will be donated to CAFOD.  The charity helps to educate families and communities throughout the world.  St. Patrick's made the longest line, the team captains are pictured below with the winning trophy.

Enterprise Week Charity Assembly

Enterprise week continues to be a very successful venture and this year Upper 2 raised a phenomenal £1,214.47. We were very proud of the houses’ successes: St George’s £397.32 for Wipe Away Those Tears, St Patrick’s £230.86 for WATOTO (Child Care Ministries in Uganda), St David’s £131.42 for Barnardo’s and St Andrew’s £227.43 for SNAP and £227.43 for Caudwell Kids. On Friday 18^th March representatives from four of the charities came into school to be presented with their cheques. It was lovely to meet the charity workers and also to find out more about what would happen with the money that was raised.

Easter Raffle 2016

For the last month raffle tickets have been selling for all the wonderful gifts that have been donated for this very worthy fund raising cause. The prizes were given to all the delighted ticket winners at the end of term assembly.

Brentwood Fun Run 2016

The School would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents and children who ran for GTCA on Sunday 2oth March 2016 at the Brentwood Fun Run.  The money that was raised will go to very worthy causes and help so many people.  The School was very proud of how many children (and parents!) completed the race.

Sport Relief 2016

As well as the whole school dressing in their favourite sports clothing, Intermediate participated in a sponsored bounce. The children have been learning how to bounce a ball in PE, so we put them to the test in this Sponsored Skill Fundraiser. The children were given two minutes to bounce the ball as many times as they could. Everyone participated and they were fantastic. As a class they raised a total of over £200 through their sponsorships. A fantastic achievement, for a fantastic cause.  The total raised so far is over £550.