Loving Thy Neighbour

 

At Saughall All Saints, we try to show that we love our neighbours in lots of different ways and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who helps us to do this.

2024

JOINT CAROL CONCERT

For the last 3 years, we have joined together with 4 other schools (Guilden Sutton Primary, The Bishop's Blue Coat High School, Doddleston Primary and Hoole Primart) to perform a wonderful Christmas Carol Concert. We do this so that we can have the experience of singing with other schools, but also to raise money for a chosen charity that is close to our hearts: this year we chose to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Suppport.

The concert took place on Thursday 19th December at The Bishop's Blue Coat High School and the children sang amazingly. We particularly enjoyed singing 'Oh What a Glorious Night' to finish our concert, something that has become an annual event. 

Altogether we raised £328.57 and we received this lovely message from Macmillan:

You are amazing

Thank you so much for holding your recent choral event and raising an amazing £‎328.57 for Macmillan Cancer Support. We appreciate that there are so many amazing charities out there you could choose to support, and we are so grateful that you chose to support Macmillan on this occasion. We hope you all had a fantastic time, and that you’ll pass on our thanks to everyone who helped to make it a success. Your generosity, effort and enthusiasm will allow us to help more people living with cancer. You are all superstars!

To give you an idea of how this generous donation could make a difference, £315 can cover the costs of room hire for a year and refreshments for a cancer support group to provide peer support in a community. This is an incredible contribution to Macmillan, and we can't thank you enough!

Whatever it takes

Everyone diagnosed with cancer, regardless of who they are and where they live, deserves high quality care that addresses their needs. We simply could not do what we do without the generosity of our supporters. Your donation will help us to do whatever it takes to be there for the people who need us, and we are truly grateful.

We would like to say a big thank you to all the parents who came and supported us on the evening and for the support you provide in the lead up to the concert with helping your children practise the songs.

SINGING FOR SOUP 'N' PUD GROUP

On Monday 9th December, the local Soup 'N' Pud group ahd their annual Christmas meal in the church. They asked choir to attend and sing some Christmas songs for them. Choir were amazing and performed brilliantly. They sang 'Away in a Manger (It's Christmas)' by Chris Tomlin, 'Light of the World' by Lauren Daigle and 'Emmanuel, God with us' by Chris Tomlin.

SHOEBOX APPEAL 2024

Thank you to everyone who donated physical shoeboxes or donated online. These boxes will be sent to Eastern Europe and will help to make some children's Christmas very special.

KIDSBANK CHESTER CHRISTMAS PRESENT APPEAL 2024

As the KidsBank appeal was such a big success last year, we decided to do the same again this year. We asked the children to bring in a small donation and to collect this money in their classes. We then totalled up how much each class had raised and the children chose some presents from the KidsBank Amazon wishlist. Below are the photos of each class with their presents which will be delivered to KidsBank on Thursday 26th November. Thank you to everyone who donated this year and to those of you who have sent in extra presents; we have helped to make some children's Christmases more special.

Reception raised £23 and bought a Skye teddy, a Rubble teddy and some bath crayons.

Mr Murphy's class raised £25.10 and bought a kid's microphone and the game Pop Up Pirate.

Mrs Calvert and Mrs Allason's class £16.50 and bought a Stitch teddy and the Bluey Little Library set of books.

Mrs Wright's class raised £17.34 and decided to spend it all on some Duplo.

Mr Fuller's class raised £45.35 and bought a football with pump and bag, a remote controlled car and a hoodie blanket with sloths on.

Mrs Hughes and Mrs Hooper's class used the £30.60 that they raised to buy some magnetic building blocks and a Crayola Pets Beauty Salon.

Mr Dixon's class bought a Gruffalo teddy, Spiderman action figure and a travel makeup set with their £31.50. 

Miss Humphreys' class raised £42.10 and purchased 2 fleece blankets, a hoodie and a copy of the Guiness Book of Records.

Mrs Ashdown's class chose a scooter and a copy of the Guiness Book of Records with their £33. 

Mr Dewdney's class raised a whopping £57.40 so they were able to purchase a few different things: The Gruffalo little library; an Adidas sports pouch; a scooter; a Rubik's cube; a puzzle for toddlers and a family Riddle book.  

 

HARVEST 2024

This year, our Year 1/2 team led the Harvest Festival and they did a wonderful job. They told us all about where the ingredients for a pizze come from and how far those ingredients travel for us to be able to enjoy one; they told us the story of 'The Little Red Hen' who worked hard to make bread from some wheat she found on the farm; and they told the story from the Bible of the feeding of the 5,000, where Jesus miraculously feeds over 5,000 people with just 5 loaves and 2 fish.

It was a fantastic service and the singing was amazing. 

Thank you to all our kind and generous families who donated so much food: as you can see from the photo, our table was full. These kind donations were delivered to the Chester Foodbank. 

SAS SUMMER CONCERT

Last year, we held our first SAS Summer Concert and it was such a success that we did it again this year.

On Wednesday 17th July, we invited the retired members of our community into school. They were met by children from the School Council, Ethos group, Bible Explorers group and school choir, who joined them at tables for a quiz. They were offered a drink and some cakes/biscuits (kindly donated by our the families of children who helped) and watched some performances from Bible Explorers and the choir. 

Bible Explorers performed a play that linked to our termly value of humility. They told the story of Jesus washing the disciples feet just before he died, showing us that we should all serve one another.

 

Choir sang two of their favourite songs from a recent concert that they were involved in.

 

CHRISTIAN AID 2024

In May, we supported the charity Christian Aid by holding a non-uniform day on the 24th May. Altogether, we raised £175.97.

This message on the Christian Aid website, shows what the money raised this year will be going towards:

LENT 2024

For Lent this year, we decided to do our Smarties tube fundraiser again. Each child chose a charity that is important to them and researched this charity for homework. They then presented their findings to their classes and each class voted on which charity they wanted to raise money for. 

During Lent, we then asked the children to fill an empty Smarites tube (or something similar) with any spare change they had. These tubes were brought into school and counted and altogether we raised £608.13. Below is which charity each class chose and how much they raised.

Class	Charity	Amount raised
CA	Dementia UK	62.42
JD	RSPCA	37.89
KH	Make A Wish Foundation	47.65
DD	RSPCA	30.73
EJ/KH	Alder Hey	89.03
SF	Claire House	50.54
AW	The Lord Taverners	81.14
NC/CA	Hospice of the Good Shepherd	59.74
JM	Dog’s Trust	35.31
RC/AR	Dog's Trust	70.33
Unamed tubes		43.35

 

CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 

We celebrated the start of Children's Mental Health Week with a Collective Worship all about the focus for this year: My Voice Matters.

Each child chose someone who helps them to feel like they matter and wrote a letter to them to say thank you. 

   

 

2023

JOINT CAROL CONCERT

On Thursday 14th December, the choir, along with the choirs from St Oswald's school, Doddleston School, Guilden Sutton and The Bishops' Blue Coat High School, joined together to perform a Christmas Carol concert to raise money for the local charity 'Save the Family'. 

The children were fabulously behaved and the singing was amazing. They raised £275.85 and we want to say a massive thank you to all the parents who were able to come to the concert and gave so generously.

 

CHOIR

The choir were asked to sing for the local Soup and Pud Christmas lunch on Monday 11th December. They were amazing and everyone said how fabulous their singing was.

 

CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCES

This year, we raised a lot of money for Alder Hey children's hospital through the kind donations made at our amazing Christmas performances.

   

 

KIDSBANK CHESTER CHRISTMAS PRESENT APPEAL

We asked each child to bring in a small donation. These donations were totalled up for each class and the children then chose presents that they would like to purchase for children in the local area whose families are struggling to buy presents this year. KidsBank sent us a wish list and the children spent time in class choosing what they wanted to buy. 

Thank you so much to all parents for their generous donations. We raised a total of £324.88 and bought 25 presents. Below are pictures of each class with their chosen presents.

Year 5 and 6

 

Year 3 and 4

   

Year 1 and 2

   

Reception

SHOE BOX APPEAL 2023

A huge thank you to the families that created these wonderful shoe box gifts and to the families who donated online at Teams4U. The shoe boxes were picked up yesterday and will be heading out to Europe in the next few weeks. I know the children who receive these will really appreciate them. 

HARVEST 2023

Year 3/4 led our Harvest service this year and all the generous donations of food were given to the local Foodbank. Thank you to everyone who donated. Our table was so full that we had didn't have enough room for everything!

   

   

MacMillan Coffee Morning

In September we hosted a MacMillan coffee morning to raise money for this wonderful charity. Children brought in cakes to sell and group of classes performed some songs. It was a lovely morning.

SAS Summer Show 2023

   

                                                                               

On Wednesday 12th July, we invited the more senior members of our community into school for an afternoon concert. The School council, Bible Explorers group, Ethos group and KS2 Choir helped the teachers to plan the afternoon and were there during the event, talking to the visitors, helping them with the quizes we had set up and performing for them. We also served tea, coffee and treats to our visitors. 

It was a fantastic afternoon and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. One couple emailed us and said: "Thanks for the welcome we received yesterday afternoon at school. The singing was fantastic, the children were so welcoming and attentive (and smart) and the Good Samaritan play compared favourably with the Mystery Plays which we saw last week. Tea and cakes were delicious (I had two). We even managed quite a few of the quiz questions."

Another said: "Just a little card to say a HUGE THANKYOU to you all for giving us 'oldies' in the village such a lovely treat. Your welcoming smiles, cheeky chatter and beautiful voices and actions brought happy memories and joy to us all."

We also invited Councillor Simon Eardley to join us and he wrote: "It was a real pleasure to join Saughall All Saints CofE Primary School today alongside residents invited to the Summer Concert for older folks. The singing was fantastic, there was much fun to be had with various challenging quizzes and such obvious delight on the faces of those present and the young people who performed for us. What a fabulous learning environment that clearly puts into practise the principles of 'Love, learn and grow together'." 

Thank you to all the parents and families who sent in cakes and biscuits. As you can see, these were most welcome and enjoyed by all. 

TURKEY AND SYRIA

We really felt as a school that we should do something to help the people of Turkey and Syria after the devastation caused by the massive earthquakes in February. After some research into the best way to help, it was decided that we would raise some money by having a non-uniform day and a cake sale, which our lovely Ethos group, alongside Mrs Pickering, Mrs Ashdown and Mrs Prenton ran. Mrs Prenton also led an act of worship on the day, showing the children where Turkey and Syria are and what the money raised would be going towards.

In total, we raised £613. Thank you to all our wonderful families for their generous donations of money and cakes.

 

LENT

     

For Lent this year, we wanted to do something a little different that links to our school Christian Vision.

Each year group was given an area to focus on:

Year 5/6- caring for the world

Year 3/4- injustice

Year 1/2- caring for ourselves

Reception- how we love each other and work together in school.

Within each year group, the classes took a different strand of the focus, for example in Y3/4, one class focused on Black Lives Matter, another on education for all, and the third on equality for people with disabilities. The children then researched this strand for their February half term homework. They reported back their findings to their classmates and each class then created a joint piece of work for the display in the hall.

This Lent project has hopefully helped our children to think more about how they can 'Love, learn and grow together' and how they can 'Love their neighbours as themselves.'

 

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK

On Friday 26th May we had a non-uniform day to raise money for the work that Christian Aid do. We raised £222.05 to help fund education in other countries around the world. 

2022

LENT

This year, instead of giving something up for Lent, each class chose a charity and raised money for that charity through putting change in Smarties' tubes during Lent. This money was then sent to the chosen charity along with a letter from the class explaining what they had done and why.

RECEPTION	British Heart Foundation	£52.15
MR MURPHY'S	UNICEF/Born Free	£40.98
MRS HUGHES/MRS HOOPER	British Red Cross	£70.95
MRS ALLASON	War Child	£65.98
MR FULLER	RSPCA	£67.06
MR GRAHAM	Alder Hey	£77.14
MR AMESBURY	Guide Dogs	£58.14
MRS MITCHELL/MISS HUMPHREYS	Guide Dogs	£24.36
MRS ASHDOWN	Alopecia UK	£34.32
MR DEWDNEY	RSPCA	£52.95

We had letters back from Alder Hey, the British Heart Foundation and the RSPCA thanking the children for their support and explaining what the money would be used for.

 

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK

In May, school supported the work of Christian Aid Week by having a non-uniform day and cake sale. As a school, we raised £530.97.

 

SPONSORED WALK

 

In July, we did a sponsored walk to raise money for the schools we suppport in Zambia and Uganda. The sport's ambassadors took the lead on organising and running the day. They decided that each year group would walk a certain distance and wear something different.

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 were all asked to bring in a teddy that linked to African animals and they walked 2 miles.

Year 3/4 were asked to wear animal masks or paint their faces like African animals and they walked 3.5 miles.

Year 5/6 were asked to wear colours from the Zambian and Ugandan flags and they walked 5 miles.

We raised a massive £2800. The money that went to Uganda has been used to buy sporting equipment for the children there and the money sent to Zambia has been used to buy school uniform for the children. 

 

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING

In September, we ran a Macmillan coffee morning. The children came to school wearing non-uniform and brought in cakes which were then sold during the coffee morning. Each year group then sang 2 songs during the morning whilst the parents ate cake and drank tea and coffee. We raised a massive £1185.

 

HARVEST

 

For harvest this year, we donated food to the local food bank. Year 3/4 led us in a Harvest celebration and taught us about what harvest is and why it's important. 

POPPIES

During the week leading up to Remembrance Day, we sold poppies in school and we had a special act of worship all about why Remembrance Day is so important.

REVERSE ADVENT CALENDAR

This year, for advent, we created our own reverse advent calendar. Each class chose two special things that they would like to do to show kindness to other people and to the world. These were then put into the Gingerbread Man advent calendar and were taken out one at a time each day during advent. Each class then tried to do the act of kindness throughout that day.

Some examples of acts of kindness are:

1. Say thank you to someone who does things for us everyday, e.g. our parents, Mr Hopkinson, Mrs Prenton
2. Put some bird seed out for the birds
3. Make a card for the bin men to say thank you
4. Draw a picture for someone you love 

 

CHOIR CAROL CONCERT

     

On 15th December, the choir joined together with 4 other schools choirs from across Chester to raise money for the schools we support in Zambia. The schools all learnt 3 joint songs and then 2 individual songs, which they performed at the concert. It was held at The Bishops' Blue Coat High School and parents were invited to come and watch.

The schools performed amazingly and the behaviour of all children was outstanding. We raised £360 which will be used to provide much needed medicine and vaccinations for the children in Zambia.