A Beat the Goalie competition was held to raise money for charity (Photo: Stoke Newington School)
While James Cordon shared a bubble bath with David Beckham for Sport Relief, students across Hackney played their part in the nationwide charity event.
On Friday, pupils at Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form paid £1 each to have a non-uniform day, the only condition being that sporty clothing had to be worn. There were also fundraising events held throughout the day.
Deputy Head, Patricia Wright, said: “It was a really successful day; we raised just over £800.”
All lessons were based around a sporty theme. Science classes took place in the park where students recorded each other’s heart rate and lung capacity after exercise. In food technology the students made healthy snacks such as smoothies and flapjacks which they then sold.
Art classes were devoted to paintings and caricatures of professional sports people and celebrities. After school the sixth-form ran an inter-year football competition.
Charity matches
Students at the Bridge Academy raised money by each paying £1 to wear an item of red clothing all week. They also ran the Sport Relief Mile round Haggerston Park and played a staff versus students netball match which the students won. The school then joined forces with City Academy and Petchey Academy for another staff against the students match. Money was raised through each player paying £5 to take part.
Natalia Dawkins, the school’s communications officer, who played in the netball matches, said: “It’s such an important cause that I was willing to look stupid playing netball. It’s about doing something you wouldn’t normally do, being silly and getting fit.”
Children at Millfields Community School held a cake sale and had a non-uniform day on Friday. Deputy Head Janet Taylor ran the Sport Relief Mile at the weekend and teacher Isobel Mohammed ran the six mile race. The school expects to raise at least £700.
The total raised across the country for Sport Relief so far is £31,633,091, which will be spent on disadvantaged people in the UK and in the world’s poorest countries. Highlights from this year’s event were Christine Bleakley’s water-ski across the Channel which raised £1,321,623 and Eddie Izzard’s astonishing feat of completing 43 marathons in 51 days which raised £1,152,510.
If you have outstanding sponsorship money to pay in you can do it online at www.sportrelief.com, or by sending a cheque made payable to Sport Relief 2010 (fundraise), to Sport Relief 2010, Ernst and Young, PO Box 51543, London, SE1 2UG or in person at any bank.
