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Last Friday, as part of a fundraising effort by Teacher Rebecca Austin, students and staff took the opportunity to don the funkiest footwear they could muster. Rebecca is raising much needed funding to support the very special work carried out by the charity Children with Cancer (http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/). The charity was set up in 1987 in memory of brother and sister, Paul and Jean O'Gorman who both fell victim to leukemia within nine months of each other. Since 1988, thanks to the generous support of the public, they have raised over £150 million to help the fight against childhood cancer.

Students at the school made a donation for the privilege of wearing their funky footwear all day. The best footwear was judged at a special cat walk event during lunchtime. The overall winner of was Neuchatel House with a massive effort from all students and teachers.

This event also coincided with Rebecca's attempt at the London Marathon last Sunday and contributed over £600 towards an amazing total of more than £2500 pledged to her marathon attempt.

Donations can still be made at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/BeckyAustin.
Rebecca completed the course this year in 5 hours and 44 minutes, an hour over her time set by two previous marathons, but completed nevertheless.
Rebecca said: "It was a truly amazing experience which I will never forget. The running was terribly hard that day but it was truly inspiring to be with so many other fundraisers and to know that so many people had pledged donations. Dane Court has been fantastic in their efforts and it really got me through it!"