Help For Heroes

The School now has an increasing number of Service connections and with Afghanistan a constant presence in the media, it seemed fitting that Brambletye held it’s own ‘Help for Heroes’ day. Our day was about having fun, raising pupils’ awareness and collecting a good sum of money for the charity. For a donation, children and staff came in to school dressed as their hero. The mix was… eclectic. Elvis, ABBA and Jedwood sat down with Ellen Macarthur, Bill Oddie, Nelson and Einstein. By fitting of course, I do not mean the uniforms a good number of staff wore - they probably fitted once! Mr Walker’s toe caps were, however, buffed to a brilliantine shine which would have met the exacting standards of any Parade Adjutant; and a good thing too, with royalty on parade! Morning line-up for chapel was delayed a few minutes as the school waited for ‘Her Majesty’ to arrive, although the game was nearly up when William's prep diary was seen poking out of her handbag. She was seen later writing in Lizzie's maths book! There were no knighthoods but Churchill got his cigar. The whole school entered into the day with great enthusiasm; Tigger bounced all the way to Geography and the England 20/20 team even tried to eat breakfast with their gloves and helmets on! A number of displays helped to remind us of the more sobering reasons behind the fun.