display cabinets in the Junior School playground

Junior School Cross Country Run earlier this year

Earlier tonight, The Junior classes at Tower House School held their end of year ‘Moving on up’ celebrations for Year 3 (the last year of Junior School) at Christ Church in East Sheen.

The boys all gave very entertaining presentations and the Year 3 pupils were each awarded dictionaries, in preparation for their move to the Senior School later this year.

Last September, Team Margot Foundation was selected as the Junior School Charity for the year, so for the last three terms, the boys have engaged in a raft of charitable activities ranging from cross country runs, to sweet sales in the playground in order to fundraise for the Charity.

with Headmaster of Tower House School, Greg Evans & Rufus (Year 2)

Rufus proudly displays the results of all the boys hard work & the generosity of the school community

The combined sum total of their efforts, a fantastic £2,950.00, was tonight presented to Team Margot at the end of the formalities. That amounts to a lot of 10p pieces !

Unfortunately, it had already been explained to me that this was purely a cheque presentation and there wasn’t time for me to address the Junior school community. However, had I been given the opportunity, I would have told all those gathered:

• how touched Vicki and I are by the care and support we have received and our boys have received from Tower House School, the teaching & administrative staff, the pupils and the wider school community of parents – and not just during this last year, but ever since the time that Margot was first diagnosed with blood cancer, back in October 2013 and also since her untimely death a year later

one of the many charitable initiatives that the Junior School boys have run this year…

• how proud we are to be part of the community and how grateful we feel for the ongoing support from all

And I would have congratulated all the boys on the great work they have done on behalf of Team Margot Foundation to raise such a magnificent sum of money.

Finally, I would have explained how the Charity would be granting these monies, to people and causes close to our hearts; more specifically, research related to blood disorders like leukaemia, psychological services for patients and their families and also to help support those caring for child cancer patients. For more information on the grant giving function of Team Margot Foundation & a review of our first year, please see: https://www.teammargot.com/team-margot-foundation-an-overview-of-our-first-year/

Thank you all so much again.

Team Margot
Together, saving lives

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please see the video below of Margot’s auntie Nadia delivering a presentation to the Junior School boys at Tower House in October last year

Yaser

Husband to Vicki and father to Oscar (2007), Rufus (2008), Digby (2015), Humphrey (2017) & Margot (2012-2014)