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SUPPORTING
SCHOOLS
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PRIESTLANDS PUPILS VOTE TO SUPPORT THE AAIR CHARITY
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Year 8 Pupils from Priestlands School, Lymington, have voted to make AAIR their nominated charity for the 2006/7 school year.
The 225 year 8 pupils voted to support AAIR following the recent success of fellow pupil Aimee Davies who won an AAIR competition which asked local children to put into words how their asthma or allergy made them feel. Aimee wrote about her asthma, hayfever and allergic reaction to animals.
We would appeal to any school deciding which charity to support during the forthcoming year to consider AAIR as this is a problem many children identify with.
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AAIR is always happy to welcome small groups of children to their laboratories and our scientists can visit schools to give entertaining and educational talks about asthma and allergic disease.
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PRIESTLANDS’ PUPILS VISIT THE AAIR CHARITY
Seven pupils from Priestlands School visited AAIR’s state-of-the-art facilities to see how our experts are helping in the fight against asthma and allergic disease.
Head of year 8, Jane Magner said: “When you raise money for a charity you do not necessarily know were the money is spent. It is good to be able to visit the facilities and see for yourself how the money is used and to know that every penny is wisely spent."
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Pupil Millie Upson said: "We went into an ultra clean lab, where they were growing cells, they span the blood samples and we saw the separated blood. We had to wear hygiene gloves so our skin cells and germs didn't get into the cells that they were growing. A lady in the lab set up a microscope with the stem cells they were growing for us to look at. It was really interesting."
AAIR is always happy to welcome small groups of children to their laboratories and our scientists can visit schools to give entertaining and educational talks about asthma and allergic disease.
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Young Southampton School Children taken up challenge for AAIR
We’ve once again been amazed by the generosity of local school children and their imaginative ways of raising money for AAIR
Copythorne C.E. Infant School in Romsey Road - which has just 78 pupils - has raised an amazing £516 through an unusual fundraising event.
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The school’s PTFA (Parents, Teachers & Friends Association) challenged teachers, parents and friends to take part in a sponsored assault course. The course, which included climbing nets, tunnels, hoops and jumps was set in the school grounds. Not only did the pupil’s supporters take part, so did all 78 pupils – completing 10 laps each.
Head teacher Cathy Davies said: We enjoyed working with AAIR and running the sponsored assault course for such an excellent cause. It is always good for the children to make a positive contribution to helping the community as a whole, especially when so many people are affected.
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We feel it's a measure of the support of our excellent parents and carers that our school of 78 pupils raised £516. In fact the support by our parents was recognised by Ofsted this year, who also felt the care, guidance and pastoral support we give our pupils is a strength of the school.”
AAIR director Caroline Pope said: “It takes a lot of time and effort to organise fundraising events so we are always grateful to anyone who takes the time support AAIR in this way. Our special thanks also go to all the very young children who put in such a lot of enthusiasm to ensure the event was such a success.”
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Children Raise Money For AAIR
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Cameron Cooper (6), Christine Webber (10), Lynne MeKeown (assistant head teacher), Caroline Pope
(AAIR director)
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Children from Nightingale Primary School in Eastleigh raised an amazing £1,107.69 after making AAIR their nominated charity for two years. Assistant head teacher Lynne McKeown said: "We suggested several local charities to the children then asked them to vote for the one they'd like to support. Most said AAIR because so many of them had used inhalers or suffered from allergies, some quite serious."
We would appeal to any school deciding which charity to support during the forthcoming year to consider
AAIR.
As one in ten children have asthma - and the number of youngsters with allergies are reaching epidemic with allergies are reaching epidemic proportions - AAIR really is a charity pupils can identify with.
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AAIR is always happy to welcome small groups of children to their laboratories and our scientists can visit schools to give entertaining and educational talks about asthma and allergic disease.
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