{"id":668,"date":"2024-01-09T17:54:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/fairisleprimaryschool\/?p=668"},"modified":"2024-01-09T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:27:04","slug":"christmas-jumper-day-blythswood-care-shoebox-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/fairisleprimaryschool\/2024\/01\/09\/christmas-jumper-day-blythswood-care-shoebox-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Jumper Day &amp; Blythswood Care Shoebox Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a Rights Committed (UNICEF Bronze Award) school, we are generating awareness of children and people in the UK, and around the world, whose human rights may not be met for a number of reasons.\u00a0 This can range from natural disasters or war, to poverty and other events that can affect lives.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to our UNICEF and Children in Need Coffee Morning Fundraiser in November, the pupils and staff of FIPS decided to support two further charities last term.\u00a0 We took part in the <strong>Blythswood Care Shoebox Appeal<\/strong>.\u00a0 Each of our families filled one or two shoeboxes for children of different ages.\u00a0 The boxes included a toy, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, sweets, socks, hat, scarf and gloves.\u00a0 Our pupils appreciate that every day items like these can make a difference to the lives of children who cannot always afford such items.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday 7th December, we took part in <strong>Save the Children&#8217;s Christmas Jumper Day<\/strong>.\u00a0 The children enjoyed wearing Christmas clothing that day. This event introduced the children to another important charity that helps children around the world. We raised \u00a330 which we think is brilliant for a tiny school like ours!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-669\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175429\/IMG_6762-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175429\/IMG_6762-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175429\/IMG_6762-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175429\/IMG_6762-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175429\/IMG_6762.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-693\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09191325\/IMG_6744-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09191325\/IMG_6744-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09191325\/IMG_6744-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09191325\/IMG_6744-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09191325\/IMG_6744.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-670\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175432\/IMG_6779-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175432\/IMG_6779-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175432\/IMG_6779-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175432\/IMG_6779-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2024\/01\/09175432\/IMG_6779-rotated.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Rights Committed (UNICEF Bronze Award) school, we are generating awareness of children and people in the UK, and around the world, whose human rights may not be met for a number of reasons.\u00a0 This can range from natural &hellip; 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