17th June 2025

Dear Families

One of the highlights of our school year is our annual “Race for Life” in aid of Cancer Research. This year’s event is scheduled for the afternoon of July 3rd at the end of an enrichment day and in the last week we have been sharing information via assemblies about the event and why we feel it is important.

Students have been encouraged to try and raise as much sponsorship money as possible and many have collected a traditional sponsorship form from school this week but there is also a QR code attached at the end of this letter which takes you to a just giving page. After the event, they should collect all their cash pledges and return the money in an envelope with their name and amount raised to Student Services by 10th July so that it can be safely banked before the end of term. 

However, we know that many people prefer to make donations online, so, via Cancer Research, we have also set up an online donations page - all donations made this way go directly to Cancer Research. The link to this page is: 

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/thomas-gainsborough-school-race-for-life-2025 

On July 3rd, to ease pressure on changing areas prior to the Race for Life in the afternoon, students who are running the 5km sponsored race should come to school in their normal PE school PE kit. Students who are walking but are also sponsored may choose whether to participate in their school uniform or their normal school PE kit Students who choose not to take part in either the sponsored 5 kilometre run or walk will still be expected to participate in a non sponsored walk as part of their school community and will be in their normal school uniform. 

As I said at the start of this letter, this event is one of the highlights of our year, so I hope you will be able to support your child in encouraging them to seek sponsors and sponsorship and supporting our messages about why this is such an important event. 

If you have any questions, please contact me via email at ohare@tgschool.net 

Kind regards

Mr Hare - Head of Abbas house