{"id":821,"date":"2019-12-12T12:05:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T12:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/facultyofeducation\/?p=821"},"modified":"2020-01-13T12:14:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:14:54","slug":"primary-education-students-raise-over-1300-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/facultyofeducation\/primary-education-students-raise-over-1300-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Education students raise over \u00a31300 for charity!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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At 2pm on a cold but sunny Sunday in December, many\nstudents will just about be rolling out of bed and staggering to the kitchen\nfor something to help soak up Saturday evening\u2019s extravagances. But not the\nlads and ladies of Hazelheim FC \u2013 the official football club of CCCU\u2019s Primary Education programme<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hangovers were swapped for headers and every shot not imbibed the night before was one taken on goal in a charity football match to raise money for Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and Marlborough Centre<\/a> in Medway. The fundraiser was the latest in what has become a series of events supporting local causes and organised by second- and third-year Primary Education students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of the same school setup, the Marlborough Centre\nelement of Hoo St Werburgh Primary provides specialist facilities and provision\nfor children with Autism. In fact, the whole school has an ethos that is set up\nto provide inclusivity to those with special educational needs. As part of\nthis, the Marlborough Centre has been fundraising to build a play area that\nwill allow children to access equipment that will help support their sensory\nneeds, and gain more enjoyment during play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Lovey, a third year on the course, takes up the story\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver previous years, Primary Ed has been very active in\nsupporting worthy causes \u2013 and especially ones that we directly interact with.\nHoo St Werburgh Primary School and Marlborough Centre have strong links with\nChrist Church, being one of the schools where students can go for placement,\nand it is also one that I know personally. We wanted to ensure that the\nfundraising we did had a beneficial impact on the school and its pupils, and on\nfuture placement students from the Primary Ed course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charity football match, which took place on December 1st<\/sup>\nat the Stodmarsh Sports fields near Canterbury, ended up taking on a bit of a\nlife of its own. The initial fundraising target was smashed, with over three\ntimes the amount making its way to the school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam continues: \u201cWhen myself, Arthur Carey and Ashley Head \u2013 both in their second year of the course \u2013 started promoting the Hazelheim FC match we had an intended target of \u00a3400. Between us we got a bit of a buzz going, pitching me and Ash, as captains, against one another! By communicating with friends and other people around the university as well as promoting it through the CCCU Pri<\/a>m<\/a>ary Education<\/a> and Hazelheim FC<\/a> Twitter profiles we managed to make a lot of people aware. As a result, we smashed our target by raising over \u00a31300 in total!” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re wondering why the Primary Ed team is called Hazelheim, it’s because of a tradition of naming successive teams after course tutors. In the past, Year One Placement Lead, Gill Brundle, gave her name to ‘Gillingham Brundlers’ and Anthony Clarke, Year Two Lead Tutor, gave his initials to AC Milan. Hazelheim comes from Year One Lead Tutor, Hazel King. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam continued: \u201cSince starting on the Primary Education programme I\u2019ve found everyone to be really friendly and there is a lot of interaction between all three years. This closeness has really paid dividends \u2013 literally \u2013 by enabling us to reach more people and raise more money!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the result of the match, Team Sam saw off Team Ash with a solid 5-3 victory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Twitter, the Marlborough Centre said, \u201cAmazing result for our children! [This] will make a huge difference towards the dream of a new and appropriately equipped playground. [We] Cannot thank everyone involved and everyone who donated enough!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of writing the gofundme page<\/a> is still live and taking donations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about our BA in Primary Education<\/a> and how you could become part of this tight-knit community! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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