Nursery & Primary Schools

BUTTERFLY FINGERS
FUNDRAISING

Join schools in fundraising for IRHH based on the theme of butterflies and caterpillars (the butterfly is a key aspect of our logo and brand).  Your fundraising can take place on any day during the Spring Term 2011. Below is a pick list of fundraisers.  Choose one or more fundraising activities or come up with your own idea!


Butterfly Face Painting (£1)

Parents, older children or staff to set up a face painting stall at break time, lunch time or school fete

Butterfly/Caterpillar Mufti Day (£1)

Dress up as a butterfly, caterpillar or simply wear wings for a day

Hungry Caterpillar/Butterfly Poetry Competition (£1)

Poetry competition could be based on caterpillar to butterfly lifecycle

Wordplay & Colouring Booklet (£1)

Sell at school (IRHH to provide)

Butterfly/Caterpillar Messy Session (£1)

Ideal for after school club

Butterfly Cakes

Bake cakes at home to sell at break time. Young enterprise activity. Baking lesson, cakes sold to parents after school

Butterfly/Caterpillar Race (£1 To Enter Or Sponsorered)

To be incorporated into the annual sports day or as a one off race as part of a PE lesson.  Pay to enter, wear wings, get sponsored?

Art & Craft Exhibition (£1)

Display crafts made during the day: cocoon craft, butterfly masks, hand painting, paper fold painting, butterfly lacing (laminated cards - whole punched), butterfly collage, butterfly finger puppets

Butterfly Card Art Competition

Simple colouring competition

HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU

Each school taking part will be entered into a prize draw to win one of 6 family tickets to BUTTERFLY WORLD in St Albans!

  • IRHH volunteer retired teachers & Rennie Bear to talk in school assemblies about our work in the community
  • Rennie Bear is also available for judging competitions
  • Posters/Flyers/Sponsor forms/Balloons
  • Photographer (for publicity in newsletter, website, local press)
  • Collection boxes/buckets
  • Winning prizes and IRHH butterfly stickers for all runners-up
  • Butterfly cake recipe
  • Butterfly template cards for art competition
  • IRHH wordplay booklets to sell at school

To download a registration form please click here


IRHH is part of Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care, Registered Charity no. 1140386
Registered address: Waverley Road, St Albans, Herts, AL3 5QX