Prior to the Easter holidays, all of our first year pupils were busy skipping their hearts out in a variety of styles as they participated in the sponsored ‘healthy heart skipathon’ initiative run by the British Heart Foundation. Mr David Somerville, of the PE department who coordinated the event, was delighted not only by the enthusiasm of the young people taking part, but also by the record-breaking total they raised.

In this annual event, last year’s first year edged the £900 mark for the first time and Mr Somerville was thrilled when this year’s group crept slightly ahead by some £20 to raise a whopping £939.60, which has now been donated to the British Heart Foundation.

 Kira Melville (£35) and Ryan Boyd (£42) were just two of the first year pupils who raised substantial amounts of money through the ‘skipathon’ and they gathered to send the cheque off to the British Heart Foundation.

Kira Melville and Ryan Boyd proudly show off the cheque presented to the British Heart Foundation