News Articles: May 2010
Worlaby Primary to form a School Aid Club
After a discussion about £30 or £40 making a difference to families in Third World countries, pupils and their teachers at Worlaby Primary School, near Brigg in North Lincolnshire, UK, have decided to organize a School Aid Club. Two of the pupils dressed up in Indian "party going" clothes....
SAN 'Resources' web-page development
We need just 5 minutes of your time! During this month we're focusing our attention on developing our 'Resources' web-pages ... Have you checked it out recently? (go to 'Find' and then into 'Resources') Have you tried any of its suggestions? ...
WELTON ST MARY'S PRIMARY HELPS SAVE LIVES
In just three months, children at Welton St Mary’s Primary School, near Lincoln, UK, have raised an impressive £800 to buy Life Straws for over 250 children in Bangladesh. After School Aid Network Chairman, Dr Cheryle Berry’s initial visit to their school to talk to all the children about International Rotary Club-sponsored Life Straws, Welton St Mary’s Eco-Club decided to incorporate Life Straw fund-raising into their Eco-Week during winter 2009. Inspired b...
Red Cross: free teaching resources
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Eight Good Reasons to Register with S A N
Free to join & free use of the dedicated members website pupils of all ages can become more involved in charitable work and can develop some of the Sustainable Schools "Gateways" ready access to Assemblies, with the opportunity to write and share ideas small groups of children and young people can be involved in their own fund-raising for Mini Enterprises -- these are local and international projects, which usually need to raise no more than £100 ...
What is a School Aid Club?
What does it involve? being organized either as a part of the School Council or another body representing pupils or members meeting approximately once a month (more often, if required) deciding on and being involved in the organization of the school's / organization's charitable fund-raising programme contacting SAN to ask for charities to be registered on the SAN website leading the school in communicating with schools world-wide being aware of other...
LIFE STRAWS: save a life for £3
An invention that could become one of the greatest life-savers in history, costing less than the price of a cup of coffee To find about more, in our 'News' section: read our Life Straws news item written in May 2009 read how one school has raised money for Life Straws (Welton St Mary's Primary Helps Save Lives - May 2009) Do you know? Safe drinking water is one of the most basic human requ...
More schools join as SAN 'spreads the word'
By attending two Lincolnshire County Council county-wide, schools conferences held at Lincoln EPIC Centre in April and May, School Aid Network Chairman, Dr Cheryle Berry, and other trustees have been 'spreading the word' about SAN. Lincs County Council's recent 'Participation' and 'Promoting Community Cohesion' Conferences have offered School Aid Network much-appreciated opportunities to help primary and secondary schools from across the county discover about the ways in which School Aid Netw...
FISKERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL RAISE £100
In March 2010, School Aid Network Trustees, Dr Cheryle Berry and Alan Dennis, visited Fiskerton C of E Primary School, Lincolnshire, UK, to receive their fund-raising cheque for £100. £60 has gone to Horncastle Rotary Group to purchase Life Straws and £40 to ABS Bangladesh for a rickshaw. SAN Chairman, Dr Cheryle Berry: "This is a magnificent achievement by all the children and everyone else involved!" ...
