Participating in fund raising for charities is an integral part of the Riverhead year.  Pupils learn to take responsibility through the organisation of events to raise money for schools in the developing world.  With the wider school community we take part in local and national fund raising events such as Jeans for Genes, Macmillan Coffee Morning and Rememberance Day and the Poppy Appeal.  The school community always respond generously to global disasters, instilling in the children responsibility for others and the importance of giving.  Please click on the links below to view some of the thank you letters we have received.

Charity "Thank You" Letters

NSPCC Number Day

The whole school takes part in NSPCC Number Day.  Children come to school dressed in their number costumes and engage in an array of number related activities!

Ukraine Appeal

We raised £540 the Red Cross and the children in the Ukraine, and a huge "thank you" went to Ms. Ramu as her company matched our total.

Well done also went to the Keane Family who raised £180.20 by making and selling cupcakes for Ukraine.

Porchlight Assembly

The whole school took part in the Porchlight "Heroes Against Homelessness" assembly. Thank you to all the children for your amazing masks and for your donations to this worthwhile local charity. We raised over £250 which is fantastic! The assembly helped raised the awareness of homelessness and carried the important message about caring for others in our community. 

Jeans for Genes Day

Well done to all our children for wearing their jeans to school in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital's "Jeans for Genes" day. We raised a total of £312. for this worthwhile cause.

Charities We Support

We are so grateful for everyone's generosity and support for our charities.

On our “inside out” day we raised £227.50 for Children’s Mental Health Week.  The idea for the day was to make people stop and consider that others may look O.K. on the outside but could be feeling really upset inside.

The Porch Light Charity, which helps homeless people in the local area, spoke to the children recently about being “superhereos” and how it is everyone’s responsibility to tackle homelessness.  Thank you to everyone for the amazing hero masks.  Our children really are “superheros” as together we have raised £242.50 for this worthwhile charity.

We had a lovely letter from The Royal British Legion thanking us for raising £187.43. Donating to the Poppy Appeal supports the armed forces community past and present.