| Backing the building of St. Joseph’s
school  By
Niamh Hennessy
ONE of Britain’s leading Catholic schools has launched a major campaign
to raise money for building work.
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in the London Borough of Harrow
officially launched its Building Fund Campaign recently.
Having successfully bid for £1.6million to build four new classrooms
and an excellence centre the school has to raise 10 per cent of the building
costs.
The project contractors are Westfields Construction Company and work
is due for completion this coming
September.
The campaign launch at the school which has very strong Irish links
was attended by Bishop George Stack and Councillor Marilyn Ashton, along
with local businesses, governors, parents, staff and pupils.
After listening to speeches by the chair of governors and the headteacher
pupils and parents gathered in the playground to watch the Bishop bless
the site.
This was followed by a ceremonial handing-over of a time capsule containing
several items including digital film, photos and pupils’ work that
had been prepared by the pupils while hundreds of balloons were released.
Headteacher Phil Sutton said: “The turnout of pupils and parents far
exceeded our expectations. The balloon launch was incredibly exciting as
was the handing over of our time capsule. We could not have got the campaign
off to a better start. We are particularly grateful to the generous support
of our parents and to local businesses especially Blacklers Estate Agents.”
The event was a great success with £10,000 being raised on the afternoon.
If you find a stray balloon or feel you can help St. Joseph’s with
their fundraising by either a financial donation or in any other way you
can contact the school by telephoning: 020 8863 8531.
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