Raising cash for cancer charities


On Friday 24 March, Sibford pupils combined banners, balls and baking to raise nearly £600 for The Teenage Cancer Trust and CLIC Sargent.


The fund-raising bonanza was in memory of two former pupils, Angus Oakey and Claudia Paul. It was back in March 2015, that Sibford held its first Bandana Day … with students wearing head scarves and raising funds for cancer charities. At that time, Angus was undergoing treatment for leukaemia at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Sadly, Angus passed away


Year 13 students Leo and Matt experienced a day-trip with a difference when they visited Auschwitz with a group of Sixth Formers from across Oxfordshire, as part of the Holocaust Education Trust’s educational programme. It was a long day, departing for Poland at 7am and not returning until gone midnight, but, as accompanying teacher Andy


marathon. A charity football match saw


in March 2016. A year after his death, it was decided to make Bandana Day an annual event. Members of the Sixth Form gathered together in the morning to hold a memorial Meeting for Worship … and then set off on their fund-raising


Year 13 beat Year 12, thanks to a spectacular goal by Sam. Toby Spence, as referee, kept the match under control, and we were delighted to welcome Angus’s grandmother, Val Lake, to award the trophy. Meanwhile, the watching crowd was kept refreshed thanks to a touchline cake sale. • Angus Oakey: 17 August 1997 ~ 23 March 2016 (at Sibford 2008 ~ 2016)


• Claudia Paul: April 1989 ~ June 2006 (at Sibford 2004 ~ 2006)


A day in Auschwitz


Andy “Yet nothing can prepare you for the shock of actually being


in the places where these crimes against humanity, and the Jewish people in particular, took place. It is difficult to find the right words to explain the horror of what happened in the concentration camps at Auschwitz, even 70 years since the end of the war. My thanks to Leo and Matt, who,


Foakes explains, it is one that will never be forgotten. “We are all familiar with images of the Holocaust from history books and film,” says


in addition to the trip to Auschwitz, also attended two seminars run by the Trust and who are now planning their own Holocaust memorial events to share their learning experience with others.”


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