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y job as a part-time fundraiser at Priory School, an 11-16 mixed comprehensive in East
Sussex, involves a lot of juggling – much of it around formulating income-generation activity and agreeing which of the many needs to prioritise! There is always another area that’s in need of refurbishment or financial input, so as soon as one project is up and running, I move on to the next. In 2018, we secured enough
funding to refurbish both of our food preparation and nutrition rooms. The rooms, installed in 2003, had become very tired and worn, and there was a shortage of basic equipment and technology. We wanted to provide our students with the high-quality experience of a working kitchen, inspiring them to achieve their best and opening up doors into further education and careers in the hospitality industry. We pride ourselves on encouraging
every student to reach their potential and have welcomed changes in the curriculum to include an increased emphasis on food and nutrition. We have found that the mix of practical activity and creativity, numeracy and literacy not only engages students of all abilities, but also reaches far beyond the school gates. Although food preparation and
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Raising money to refurbish two food tech rooms was pretty straightforward for school fundraiser Amanda Burgess. Doing the same for three science labs proved more tricky. Until, that is, she put some old classroom furniture up for sale…
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nutrition is not a statutory subject, grant funders were responsive to the argument that it was an important life skill. We were also able to demonstrate that having modern facilities would have clear, positive outcomes for our students. We received large grants from the
Savoy Educational Trust (£30,000), Garfield Weston (£10,000) and the Southover Manor Trust (£10,000), as well as a smaller donation of £3,818 from Tesco Groundworks. The Friends of Priory also did an outstanding job, raising £30,000 from events and parental donations. The next task on the ‘to do’ list for
our school improvement programme was to update our three old science labs. We wanted to replace all the existing fixtures and fittings in the labs, in order to provide our students with a modern environment and equipment that would engage them with science and inspire them to join
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