Teachers 'sent down' for the Hospice |
| Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
 After much playground talk and excitement, 6 local teachers were put behind bars for the day at Rickmansworth Police Station. Teachers were led to their cells at midday on Saturday as part of the Peace Hospice’s latest fundraising event.
School children tried to raise as much sponsorship as possible and the school that raised the most money ensured that their teacher was locked away until 8pm. The winning school was The Russell School in Chorleywood who ensured that head teacher, David Peel was ‘sent down’ for the maximum period. The event has already raised over £2000 for the Hospice!
Six-year-old Jack Hatswell and sister Charlotte from Maple Cross JMI School turned up to wave goodbye to their headteacher Ms Tomaney, who came dressed in a burglar Bill outfit.
Jack said: ‘I’m very excited. I raised £5 to keep her in prison. I think it’s going to be really cold in there’.
The Hospice’s Community Fundraiser, Emma Watson said ‘The school children were absolutely fascinated by the prospect of their teacher being locked away in prison. Some of the younger children didn’t want to see their teacher locked up but the older ones, couldn’t wait for them to be taken away.
This event really captured the imagination of everyone involved but our primary aim was to raise awareness about the work of the Hospice and to raise as much money as possible.
I would like to thank all the teachers who have been such good sports and to the Rickmansworth Police Station for helping us run this event’.
The other teachers who took part were Christopher Kronda (Berrygrove Primary & Nursery School), David Peel (The Russell School), Mari Tomaney (Maple Cross J M I School), Ray Randall (Knutsford School) and Philip Gibbs (Divine Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School).
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