Form 4 celebrated their topic on Victorian life by inviting St John's families and friends into school to purchase their wares - with the aim of making a profit for charity. We are delighted that their Victorian Fayre raised £366 for the Cambridge Children's Hospital - the first specialist children’s hospital for the East of England.
Children from across the school enjoyed the opportunity to experience the hustle and bustle of trading in Victorian times and swap their 'shillings' for homemade sweets, treats and games.
Cambridge Children’s Hospital will be a world-first hospital that cares for children’s physical and mental health together, in a way no-one ever has before. The goal is to develop a joined-up model of care that fully integrates physical and mental health, combined with research into prevention and early diagnosis of disease. The hospital's aim is to provide the very best care for children and young people aged 0-18, including those with cancer.
The purposefully-designed hospital is being co-designed with the help of young people, families and healthcare professionals. Wherever possible, facilities will be jointly integrated, recognising the fact that many children and young people with mental health conditions also have a physical health condition, and vice versa. This will enable staff to provide better and safer, age-appropriate care in high quality, fit-for-purpose facilities that meet the needs of children, young people and families.
The stalls were really good because they had great prizes and inventive games to play like Splat the Rat, arm wrestling and skipping.
Stalls ranged from fortune telling, treats such as sherbets and humbugs and (very popular) toffee apples, as well as mulled apple juice stall to making your own Christmas decorations, whack a mole and the chance to taste a Victorian sponge cake.....amongst many others.
The arm wrestling stall was also a firm favourite with St John's staff happy to test their strength against each other! The bunting, Victorian-style music and period costumes the children and staff wore added to the authentic atmosphere of a bustling Victorian Fayre.
I liked the music and it all seemed very Victorian because everyone was acting in a Victorian manner and dressed in period outfits.
