Pupils, staff and mums from King Edward’s dressed in pink and ran, jogged or walked in the Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

The Race for Life took place on Sunday 6^th June on a 5km track around the University of Bath. Over 3,000 people took part in the event, with over fifty girls from KES, including KES mum Angela Mount, whose battle with the disease has inspired her to set up her own charity Rose for Life. Angela took part with her six-year-old daughter Ellie from the Pre-Prep.

There were two races, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Over 30 year pupils from the Pre-Prep, Junior and Senior School, along with parents, friends and teachers ran, jogged or walked the course in the afternoon, and 4 members of the KES community finished in the top four places, amazing effort everyone, well done!

Mrs Lindsay – 1^st place
Mrs Wilson – 2^nd place
Maddy Awan – 3^rd place
Molly Buxton – 4^th place

The Race for Life is a really unique event because it is the largest all-female fundraising event in the UK.  Many of the participants have either battled cancer themselves or know somebody who has.

Wendy Bedeman, Sixth Form tutor from King Edward’s Senior School, who went with a group of girls from the sixth form, commented:

“The atmosphere was fantastic, everyone came dressed up and it was such good fun. You don’t have to race if you don’t want to, you can walk or jog, so you don’t have to worry about training for the event. It’s a good feeling to help other people and to collect funds for Cancer Research.”