EVENTS – Get a move on!
move on! Get a Active events are a great way to raise money
for your school and help the community keep fit. Here are some of our favourite ideas
‘The children come in PJs and stay in them all day!’
‘One family chose to cover the distance on an exercise bike’
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n 2021, one of our families took on a walking challenge based around
the number 21 to raise funds for the Friends of Ysgol Porth y Felin, walking 21 miles before 21 January. It went very well, so we decided to get the wider school community to join in with an active challenge, which we called Go The Distance. We promoted it with the tagline
‘walk/cycle/scoot/skate/other’. The aim of offering so many ways to get involved was to make it as inclusive and accessible as possible. Reception children could go for a short walk or scoot, Year 1 could cover one mile, Year 2 two miles, right up to Year 6 children completing six miles. Most families walked and cycled but we know of one that chose to cover the distance on an exercise bike.
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pta.co.uk We held the event in the February
half-term. Our headteacher joined in and walked a distance equivalent to his age over the holiday. His updates on ClassDojo helped motivate more families to join in. In the end, we had 93 supporters
on our JustGiving page and 27 families were mentioned. The event raised more than £1,400, which we put towards our goal of £2,000 for new outdoor play equipment for the junior playground. We plan to hold a regular annual
active sponsorship challenge with new variations each time to keep it interesting. These will be held in May when the weather is kinder. Siobhan Watson, Friends of Ysgol Porth y Felin (360 pupils). See p33 for their Holiday Hills fundraiser
from a friend who was a chair on another PTA. It’s an early morning run in PJs straight out of bed – hence the name. We held the first one before school, but it caused issues with registration and safeguarding, so we switched it to 9.15am the following year. The school staff are really supportive and they have taken over organising the run aspect of the event. We now also have a running path, making it easier and less messy in wet weather, although we let pupils wear wellies if it is raining! Parents don’t join in but can come along to watch. The children run different distances: Reception pupils aim for six laps, Years 1 and 2 attempt eight and juniors try for up to 16 laps or 30 minutes. After the children have completed the run, the PTA put on breakfast treats of brioche, croissants, drinks and fruit. Frugal shopping at supermarkets such as Aldi and obtaining donations from other supermarket community champions means we can usually feed the whole school for less than £100. The children stay in their PJs all
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day and absolutely love it! Any child who isn’t keen can wear whatever
e ran our first bog-eyed jog in 2016 after hearing about one
WORDS: DANIEL ETHERINGTON
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