On Wednesday 16 July, the following Year 7&8 students took part in a charity Swimathon to raise funds for BIBS (Babies in Buscot Support): Henry R 7M3; Julia B 8E1; Elena G 8E3; Seb H 8M5; Ib S 8E2; Josh G 8M1; Henry J 8E4; David K 8M2.

BIBS is a charity that supports babies and their families who are born prematurely or are born ill and require additional support. Their mantra is that they ‘save tiny lives’.  Henry J in Year 8 received this support when he was born after struggling to breathe for the first 10 minutes of his life.  His mum is now one of the Fundraising Managers for Buscot and was our link to the charity.  She kindly came down to support and provided medals for all the participants.

As a team, they have already raised in excess of £1,000 for this incredibly worthy cause!  I wanted to pass on their thanks to the staff who have kindly supported them and their efforts with donations.  They have set themselves a target of £1,500 and are doing one final push on the fundraising, so if anyone would like to donate, please do so on this link: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/maidenerleghswimathon2025?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

Wokingham Lions & BIBS were both very complimentary of them and were hugely appreciative of them being involved.

One final thank you to Miss Blake for being the Team Captain, counting all the laps at the poolside and allowing the students to attend.