After a 14-year absence, the Read for Good Readathon was back at Highfields this April as the English department ran the fundraising campaign with year 7 students

Launched to coincide with the Easter break, ample time for students to fill with reading, the Readathon is a sponsored read, where students set themselves a reading goal and are sponsored by friends and family to reach it. The money raised is used by the charity to buy books for children in hospitals.

According to the Read For Good website "Our service supports seriously ill children’s disrupted learning and gives them and their families precious distraction and comfort at a time when it’s needed the most."

School librarian Miss Hallam said, "I'm incredibly pleased with how the Readathon went. The uptake in students using the library at the launch of the campaign was fantastic, I'm surprised there were any books left by Easter!.

This year students raised a brilliant £141.10 with their sponsorships.

Miss Hallam continued, “All the student who were involved should be very proud of the money they raised for such a good cause, and they've set a good target to try and beat next year."

You can read more about the Read for Good campaign at https://readforgood.org/our-impact/