Senior School News & Events 75th Anniversary Charity Walk a Major Success
75th Anniversary Charity Walk a Major Success
Over 500 walkers arrived at Clayesmore on Sunday morning fit and raring to go for their six or ten mile hike across the hills in aid of local, national and international charities. Parents, friends and pupils from both the Prep and Senior Schools took part in Clayesmore’s 75th Anniversary walk to help celebrate the School’s arrival at Iwerne Minster all those years ago.
School charities for this year include the Hope School in Sudan, Muscular Dystrophy, Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, Oxfam, the Weldmar Hospice and Canine Partners will benefit from the funds raised in sponsorship and entry fees.
The irresistible aroma of sizzling bacon and sausages – a hearty English breakfast with all the trimmings prepared by the School’s caterers was served to everybody – and the promise of scrumptious scones and clotted cream for tea may have had something to do with the beaming smiles of everybody who arrived bright and early on Sunday. However, at the end of a day of kind weather and beautiful scenery, the overwhelming opinion from all the families with tiny children, the youngsters, teenagers and teachers who joined in was that it was the spirit of community, the pleasure of a being outdoors and the idea of celebrating a significant milestone in Clayesmore’s history that made the event special.