The recent Charity Week at Portsmouth High School has seen generous pupils, parents and staff raise over £4,000 for The Eve Appeal. The week-long series of lunchtime and after school fundraising activities was organised by the Sixth Form and co-ordinated by the Head Girl Team.

The week included a pupil Talent Show, a University Challenge style contest between the school’s four houses, Teachers’ ‘When will I be famous’ and a boys vs girls netball match.

The highlight of the week, however, was the two-night Fashion Show, which saw pupils modelling clothes from a range of stores including Dress Code, Pushka, and Fat Face as well as some daring fashions created by A Level Art students: one collection made entirely from paper and the other a school uniform for the future.

The Fashion Show also incorporated dances choreographed by the Sixth Form themselves, and the pupils were joined on the catwalk by a number of teaching and support staff who all received cheers from the 250-strong audience.  Male models were not in short supply either and the girls were accompanied on the runway by friends and relations.

Proceeds from Charity Week will go to the Eve Appeal which was chosen specifically by the students; The Eve Appeal was set up to save women’s lives by funding groundbreaking research into gynaecological cancers. Every year 7,000 women across the UK are diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Head Girl Georgia Woolley said  “Charity Week always creates such a great atmosphere; everyone throws themselves into the activities and gets involved, we had teachers join us on the catwalk, all years were represented at the talent show and the Sixth Form really pulled together to make the Fashion Show a success. To be involved and organise a week of activities for the other pupils is such a great experience and to raise so much money for The Eve Appeal  is brilliant.”

The Sixth Formers hope that the amount raised will continue to grow as they still have some money left to count.