A little slice of Italy

Last Friday evening saw the 2015 Prep Captain Challenge. This year the Year 6 girls, ably led by Prep Captain Sophie M, decided to hold a pizza evening in their very own pop-up Italian restaurant.

The purpose of the evening was to raise money for the girls’ chosen charity, Help for Heroes. The choice of charity was inspired by a visit earlier in the year from Tony Harris, a former Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Captain who lost a leg as the result of a blast in Afghanistan in 2009. On his previous visit Mr Harris delivered a talk to the girls on the theme of resilience and also included an explanation of all the support that Help the Heroes provides to serving and reservist personnel and veterans who have suffered injuries or illness as a result of their service to the nation. The girls were delighted that Mr Harris was able to come along to the Challenge event as their guest of honour.

The girls put a lot of planning and effort into event deciding what they would cook, how everything would be presented and how they would entertain the diners.

On the evening the Year 6 parents entered into the spirit, turning up in large numbers (approximately 80), bringing family and friends to enjoy an evening of fine food and music. A highlight of the event was the very lucrative auction of flower boxes that the girls themselves had grown during their Applied Learning lessons.

The girl’s donation buckets were generously filled by happy customers with a grand total of over £970 raised from pizza donations, the sale of Maths DVDs, flowers and vegetables (grown on site), and assorted cakes.

Head of Prep, Mr Leith, said “The capability that our girls show when they put their minds to something always makes me very proud. In their preparations for the pizza evening the girls were organised, confident and very professional. All in all it was a real showcase for Pipers at its best. I am sure that Help for Heroes will be very pleased to receive the profits from the evening.”

For more information contact:

Rebecca Conroy, Senior Marketing Executive, Pipers Corner School. Telephone 01494 719850 or email [email protected] | www.facebook.com/PipersCornerSchool | @PipersCornerSch