Austin Friars pupils in sponsored walk for Blood Bikes Cumbria

The sun shone for Junior 4 during their sponsored walk to Angle Tarn recently where they were raising money for Blood Bikes Cumbria.

Blood Bikes Cumbria are a medical courier service which transports anything that needs moved from one hospital to another, including bloods, tissue samples, urgent medical supplies, records and equipment.

After the walk the pupils returned to school for an evening of rounders, pizzas, treats and games followed by a sleepover in the Junior School classrooms.

Austin Friars also held a lower school ball. Pupils from the first, second and third forms ‘dressed to impress’ for the lower school ball which is held every year and is an eagerly anticipated event in the school’s calendar.

Pupils at the Lower School Ball (Image: Austin Friars)In the beautiful summer sunshine, they gathered to share a delicious meal together, play some dinner games, and then dance the night away with a disco in the new hall.

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Austin Friars pupils were also successful on the sporting field. Their under 11s rounders team played two rounders matches at Windermere.

The school took two teams, both winning one match which was described as a “super day of rounders in the sunshine” by the school.

Austin Friars is an independent day school for pupils across Cumbria and South West Scotland.