Staff Cabaret
On 26th May students had the opportunity to watch their teachers tread the boards for charity. The charity cabaret, performed annually since 2011, this year was to support Swindon SANDS (Stillbirth & Neonatal Death) along with former student Louise Hunt’s mission to represent Great Britain in the Rio Paralympics this summer.
“The Staff Cabaret was absolutely AMAZE-BALLS! After last year’s event we didn’t think we could improve but WOW what a night we had. Highlights for me had to be the recurrent comedy quartet who did a selection of sketches that were hilarious. We also loved the video featuring the whole Senior Management Team headed up by our ever-willing Head Mr Keith defter. Every year we get more and more staff involved and that means we get to see more and more variety of acts and talents. This year was no different with around 40 staff (teachers, support staff and admin staff) taking to the stage in different guises.
The initial count up suggests we have smashed our initial target of £2000 and raised nearer to £3000! This money will be split between SANDS and Louise Hunt (off to Rio to compete in the Paralympics this year.). Kirsty Driver gave an deeply emotional speech about how SANDS helped support her and her husband after the still-birth of her daughter in 2010 and this helped encourage the audience to dig deep for the auction and raffle.
We are very grateful to the local businesses, staff and parents who donated prizes for the auction – the bidding war was fun to see!
Now….. what to do next year to top this?...... Ali Sutcliffe, Head of Expressive Arts
“The Staff Cabaret was absolutely AMAZE-BALLS! After last year’s event we didn’t think we could improve but WOW what a night we had. Highlights for me had to be the recurrent comedy quartet who did a selection of sketches that were hilarious. We also loved the video featuring the whole Senior Management Team headed up by our ever-willing Head Mr Keith defter. Every year we get more and more staff involved and that means we get to see more and more variety of acts and talents. This year was no different with around 40 staff (teachers, support staff and admin staff) taking to the stage in different guises.
The initial count up suggests we have smashed our initial target of £2000 and raised nearer to £3000! This money will be split between SANDS and Louise Hunt (off to Rio to compete in the Paralympics this year.). Kirsty Driver gave an deeply emotional speech about how SANDS helped support her and her husband after the still-birth of her daughter in 2010 and this helped encourage the audience to dig deep for the auction and raffle.
We are very grateful to the local businesses, staff and parents who donated prizes for the auction – the bidding war was fun to see!
Now….. what to do next year to top this?...... Ali Sutcliffe, Head of Expressive Arts