St Margaret Ward help support community

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy continue to live the Lasallian values by working in collaboration with The Hubb Foundation, The Hygiene Bank and The Port Vale Foundation throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to provide support for our children and their families.

Year 7 student helping at Easter Camp

Our work with The Hubb Foundation has continued to grow from strength to strength. Projects have included Easter and Christmas themed holiday activity packs for over 250 families and more recently, a five-day Easter Camp. During the Easter Camp, children were involved in 20 different practical sessions, including a study of the gospels of Matthew, Luke and John, and a discussion about the importance of Eastertide.

Other sessions included creating an Ancient Greek tapestry and a Positivity Rocks session where we discussed how to maintain a positive mind-set and then designed our own positive rocks. Children thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and asked for longer days!

A group of Year 8 students with their positive rocks which they created in the Positivity Rocks session

The Staffordshire branch of The Hygiene Bank, have shown a real commitment to our school community and have helped us to ensure that no child has been without toiletries or cleaning products throughout the pandemic. In addition to this, The Hygiene Bank recently donated 1,400 bottles of hand sanitiser and 4,000 face masks.

Year 8 students with some of the items donated by The Hygiene Bank

We feel very grateful to be at the heart of a nurturing, inclusive network of local community groups and charities who are committed to delivering the five core Lasallian values. We are now busy planning events for the summer term and will endeavour to continue to ensure that no one is left out or behind.

Year 7 students playing football, co-ordinated by The Port Vale Foundation throughout the Easter holidays