TEACHERS TREK TRIUMPHANT AS THEY RAISE OVER £800 FOR CHARITY

Four intrepid teachers from Portfield School, a

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   Triumphant Teachers raise over £800 for charity

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   Trekkin Teachers - supporting local charity

special needs school administered by local charity The Wessex Autistic Society,

donned their walking boots recently trekking 26 miles along the Cerne Valley

Trail all in the name of charity.

 

Frankie Keats, who is a teacher at the

school,  Andrea Mayo, Jennie Chapman and

Kathryn Lewis who are all Teaching Assistants, have all worked full time at

Portfield for years, with Jennie Chapman having served 7 years at the special

needs school located in Parley.

 

Andrea Mayo, a teaching assistant in her third

year at the school comments, “We really wanted to help raise funds for the

school and felt the library could really do with a new lease of life. Our aim

is to raise enough funds to make the library a really interactive space with

bright colourful resources and audio books for the children to enjoy. The

addition of comfy bean bags will make story time a real treat and it’s

something we’re really keen to achieve for the children.”

 

So far the fit foursome have raised over £800

but hope to raise even more through corporate sponsorship and community members

who are willing to continue making donations. To donate online please visit www.justgiving.com/portfield

 

Setting

off at 5.30am the energetic foursome walked for 12 hours on one of the hottest

days of the year along The Cerne Valley Trail taking in the hamlets and

villages of Minterne Magna, Cerne Abbas, Nether Cerne, Gogmanston, Forston and

Charminster.

 

Head Teacher of Portfield School, Janis Rogers

comments; ‘The dedication of our staff never ceases to amaze me. We are

extremely lucky to have such a hard working team that is prepared to give up

days and weeks of their spare time to train for this expedition to raise funds

for the charity. We support them all the way and encourage the local community

to get behind them and donate what they can. Every penny raised will go

directly to the library fund.”

 

 

Portfield School is run by the Society and currently

educates 60 pupils aged 3-18 and tailors the educational curriculum according

to each pupil’s needs, focusing on individuals’ strengths as well as addressing

the learning disabilities associated with autism. Portfield was awarded the

‘OFSTED Outstanding’ Logo as a result of its 2007/08 inspection.

 

Portfield School now offers flexible and

personalised boarding packages from 39 to 52 weeks per year.

Portfield School has secured Non Maintained

Special School (NMSS) status with DCSF reflecting the high quality of

educational and boarding provision it offers.

 

To sponsor the teachers following the

achievement of completing their marathon walk, please visit www.justgiving.com/portfield.

Alternatively please call the Fundraising Team to pledge your support on 01202

703597. For further information about Portfield School

or The Wessex Autistic Society, please visit www.twas.org.uk