School Charities

Information about Charities supported by The Students and Staff at George Stephenson High School will appear here.

 The George Stephenson High School Charity Appeal 2008-09.

Target Reached = £10,000(10-07-09)

 The George Stephenson High School Charity Appeal 2009-10.

Amount Raised So Far = £10,653.41 (08-06-10)

The 2010 George Stephenson Charity Appeal is raising £10,000 towards the Bubble Foundation. This organisation works alongside the Children's Bone Marrow Unit at the Newcastle General Hospital helping babies who are born without an immune system fully recover from their condition.

You can find out more about the work of the Bubble Foundation by Clicking Here

EVENTS SO FAR

Charity Non Uniform Day 1 (October) - raised over £900

Gameshow Night (October) - raised over £900

FA Cup Sweepstake - raised over £100

Wizard of Oz raffle - raised over £200

Mobile Phone Recycling Donations - raised over £250

Charity Non Uniform Day 2 (December) - raised almost £1000

  Miss Siddall's sponsored climb of Kilimanjaro raised over £400

Year 7 Disco -

The Year 7 students had a disco where all of the money raised went to the Bubble Appeal.  Thanks to all of you and especially Miss Heron & Miss Renton for raising another £100.

Sponsored Swim -

D Dawson in Year 7 managed 60 laps of the Lakeside pool and raised almost £100.  No fuss, no massive amount of organising just a great idea and someone willing to go the extra mile to help us.  Can you match his efforts!

Year 8 Quizathon

Thanks to the year 8 tutor team we raised over £170 by completing a quizathon in assembly.  Thanks to everyone especially Miss Tassiker and Mr Jarvie (Sr.) who organised it and those who sponsored the year 8 students.

GSHS Got Talent

Congratulations to Rebecca, Taylor, Sarah & Sam on your success.  We raised £300 from the raffle and the sale of refereshments and Mr Kain has donated £200 from the ticket sales to the Bubble Appeal.  Thanks to Mr Houghton and the 6th form girls for your help on the night.

Charity Day 4

We had our latest charity day on the 1st April and the first count has a total of £799.00 raised.  Thanks to everyone for helping however you managed it including Miss Rigby & Mr Potts classes in the morning, Heather, Jadine, Maddison & Becky plus all those helping in the gym.

Morrison's Bag Packing

Thanks to our student volunteers and the good people at Morrsion's in Killingworth we managed to raise aalmost £1,700 on our easter Saturday bag packing event.  TRhanks to one and all for your support.

Year 10 Diploma Students

Thanks to both Year 10 Diploma classes who raised ovver £160 in their enterprise activities washing cars and selling all osrts of bits and pieces.  This is a great effort and takes us ever closer to the magic number.  Well done to you all and thank you.

Charity Day 5

  Just a standard non uniform day on the 28th May as all the exams take priority, but still a magnificent effort to raise even more the Bubble Appeal.  Exact total to follow.

GSHS Charity Golf Day 2010

£10,000 was up for grabs on Tuesday 1st June if you got a hole in one on the par 3 16th at Gosforth Golf Club.  There were 16 teams of 4 taking part.  Cheers to those who had paid online in advance.  Exact totals to follow next week.

CHARITY EVENTS SLIDE SHOW 

One of our sixth formers, Dan Clark, has produced a slide show of events that have taken place so far this academic year to raise money for the Charity. Our total now stands at £10,653.41

Chick here to watch the slide show.