Category: Charity

27th March 17

The Junior School turned red for Red Nose Day, with Keller’s House Charity Day raising over £300 for Comic Relief. Girls were able to come into school dressed in red, and there was a competition for the craziest hair!  

12th March 17

The annual Livingstone Charity Cracker race occurred on Friday last week; teams of both girls and teachers competed in the relay event, racing each other in groups of four, across the width of the Sports Hall.  As usual the quality of fancy dress from the teams was high, with a high number of Disney characters being involved….

26th February 17

Last week we were delighted to welcome two special guests, from Nepal, who were visiting both Tormead and RGS Guildford as part of our joint international links project. Our visitors came from two schools in Nepal which we will be jointly supporting in the future. Given a brief tour of Guildford by Sixth Form pupils from both schools,…

1st October 16

Our Charity Perfects, Harriet and Eloise, asked the Tormead community to search out any unwanted clothes to help refugee children in Greece and the Lebanon. The response was fantastic and within four days we had bundles of clothes to donate. Packed and sorted by the Charity Prefects, Mrs Pauline Moodie and Miss Tania King, these have…

30th September 16

Sixth Form Charity Prefects Eloise and Harriet have had a busy Friday! During break they hosted a Big Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support raising £120 in under 15 minutes! Then during lunch they accompanied Mr Sykes, Head of Sixth Form and Mrs Apsey, DofE Centre Leader to RGS for a volunteering fair….

28th September 16

Earhart House Charity successfully made £210.78 for ‘Jeans for Genes Day’. The House Captains sold bingo cards.  Once bought girls could fill the six squares with a set choice of different clothes. Everyone arrived at school in Jeans and jazzed up belts and donated money to the charity. ‘Jeans for Genes Day’ aims to transform…

14th June 16

Over the past two days, we have been privileged to welcome some trainee guide dogs to our community.  The girls have been helping these ‘young superstars’ become accustomed to groups of people and raising money for charity at the same time.  

1st July 15

At Tormead, creative curiosity and personal development are fostered through an exciting range of extra-curricular activities which enable us to offer an exciting and progressive education. We see extra-curricular involvement as an aspect of our pupils’ lives which is vital to their holistic development and complementary to their academic enrichment and pastoral support. We offer…

1st July 15

Singers from Tormead have been invited to sing with over 300 other performers in a special community charity concert in aid of the Rainbow Trust at Guildford Cathedral on May 23rd. Singing as ‘Rowan’s Choir’ we will be part of an 80-strong children’s choir performing alongside Guildford’s Vivace Chorus, the Salisbury Community Choir, the Vasari…

13th February 15

Starting the day by eating breakfast together was such a novelty and so much fun! Whilst making money for charity, the girls got to enjoy eating breakfast with their friends and their teacher. They were certainly full of energy and ready to start lessons at 9am!