On Friday 4th October Etone College hosted their biggest Coffee Morning yet. The event was held to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support as our first Charity event of this academic year. As you are aware, Etone with the help of our Community Champions, take part in lots of events and initiatives to raise fund and show support to a number of local and national causes. Last year we were proud to take our total to beyond £10,000 since September 2021 setting a school record.
This year we have set the target to reach £15,000 by the summer. As a staple of our Autumn term we like to invite our Year 7 parents into the school to join in with the fun as they eat cake and drink coffee whilst getting a chance to catch up with their child in the school environment. It was lovely to see how our pupils were able to convey the importance of the event and how it showed active citizenship, underpinning our Etone Values including caring. One parent describe the event as “a great way to introduce ourselves to the school. Supporting a very worthy cause and giving us a chance to see how good it is here for my son.” With plenty of cakes on offer our parents were also generous with their donations and we are pleased to say we raised a total of over £400 and counting, a record for this event.
During the morning two other special events took place. First of all it was the first full performance of our Etone Choir and School Band. The pupils had been busy rehearsing and played a full set list including some classics form the Beatles, a very heartfelt rendition of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen followed by their finale, a performance of their rendition of the Four Chord Song as made famous by the Axis of Awesome.
The other event which has to be mentioned was the Etone Bake-Off. With Mr Clinton hoping to clinch the win for a second year in the row the competition was rife. We had some truly amazing entries and some special guest judges from our Matrix Central team to boot:
Paul Hollywood – Mr Evers (Deputy Headteacher)
Prue Lieth – Mrs Goodyear (Matrix Trust Governor)
Alison Hammond – Miss Newsome (Matrix Trust Central Team)
Noel Fielding – Miss Sandilands (Head of Sixth Form)
Matt Lucas – Mr Smith (Headteacher)
We would like to thank all of our parents, staff and pupils for being involved and look forward to the next event.
