The Big One

At school today, we made our contribution to raising money for this year's Red Nose Day event. Lessons ended at lunchtime and the fun and organised chaos began outside. Activities ranged from cake and refreshment stalls to a staff versus students football match (which the staff won!). Another popular event was the stocks - where students paid to throw wet sponges at various teachers (I can't think why they enjoyed that one so much...). Students had paid in advance not to wear school uniform and many teachers were sponsored to dress up in costumes.
My school has a long standing history of and commitment to raising money for others; the students work tirelessly to organise events like this with little intervention from staff. Things like this make me extremely proud, as we often hear about the negative behaviour of young people and seldom about their positive contributions to society.
I finished the day off by having several goes on the bouncy castle; before returning to my office to write reports...