Once again we’re in the News. We made the front page of the Wirral News as we were the champions of a glittering awards night......
Taken from Wirral News 11 November 2009.
Wallasey School was the toast of a glittering awards night last week...as it was awarded the accolade of Your Champion School.
The school took the overall award in the schools category after being recognised for it’s tremendous efforts in a 4x4 challenge when it raised over £17,000 for Claire House.
They joined other News’ nominees in a glittering reception in Chester. Here’s how they did it!
Wallasey School 4 by 4 challenge team – made up of staff, pupils, governors, LEA and members of the local community – completed a massive challenge this Easter and have so far raised £20,000 for Claire House.
The group walked 87 miles through England, canoed 74 miles across Scotland, cycled 168 miles across Wales and ran 133 miles across Ireland.
It took almost three years of planning and training to get four teams ready for the event which saw 73 people cover a total distance of 3,552km. The entire school community got involved in supporting the team and Wallasey School believes this is truly reflective of their mission statement ‘Wallasey School – A caring and achieving community’.
In 2002 a team of staff from the school also completed the three peaks challenge in under 24 hours to raise money for Whizz Kids and in 2005 the school became the first to row non-stop across Scotland via the Caledonian Canal, setting a new world record of 45 hours and 33 minutes, as well as raising over £7,000 for Children in Need.
Robin Dutfield, 4 by 4 challenge team leader said: “I’m so proud that our hard work has been recognised. We have raised so much money and put in so much hard work.”