Christmas Fair

The Christmas Fair took place on 8 December in a festively decorated Big School. It was two hours of fun, music and wonderful stalls selling things such as homemade Christmas decorations, hot chocolate, cakes and biscuits.  Other stalls included: decorate your own gingerbread house, candy cane hook challenge, second hand football boots and wet sponge throwing! Among the highlights was a visit from Father Christmas (in the form of Dr Wines) and the CH model railway built by students over the last five years.

Entertainment for the afternoon was well received by everyone and featured the Mid A bell ringers, the drummers, the brass ensemble and senior jazz, all of whom provided a festive soundtrack throughout the event. Just over £3,500 was raised, all of which will be donated to house charities – including Macmillan, Springboard, The Royal Marsden, Kafusi Girls High School, Spring Board, British Heart Foundation, My Sister’s House and this year’s school charity, Trussell Trust, Horsham District Food Bank.

A huge thank-you to parents and students’ families for donating raffle prizes, including a fabulous Christmas hamper and generous vouchers.  We should also extend our gratitude to local businesses who provided a Christmas cake, hampers and other gifts.  Thank you to all the staff and student volunteers, house captains and especially to the Monitors in charge of organising the fair, Manasvi, Abi and Kaira who were outstanding in their logistics and planning.