East Sussex Fund-Raising Committee
On Wednesday 8th May, the East Sussex Fund-Raising Committee held a lunch to making the lunch a success.
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Ashdown Morris Dancers
The Morris men from Ashdown Forest visited us on 1st May as part of their scheduled annual performances for schools. The pupils were able to next years performance.
Police Visit
The primary pupils received a visit from the police at the beginning of April, as part of their to the police for their wonderful visit.
Jump In
As part of our PE curriculum, some of the classes have had the opportunity to repeat the trip in future.
Ceilidh Dancing with our Icelandic Visitors
On Thursday 21st March, we hosted a visit of 18 teachers from Iceland. They had come to visit the school to learn more about ABA and communication methods. They got time to observe classes, speak to staff and had a more formal training session with Faye and Bekah. Their visit ended with a ceilidh dance …
Let’s be Firefighters
The pupils continued with their ‘People Who Help us’ to the local fire service, your visit was much appreciated.
Dance for Comic Relief
On Thursday 14th March, pupils to everyone for their generosity and the curriculum team for organising. Keep dancing!
Paramedics Visit
As part of their ‘Jobs and People who help us’ to be medical staff and ask questions about a paramedics job. All pupils were able to ride in an ambuilance in future but if they do, hopefully they will be less anxious about this.
Amazing Animals
On Thursday 28th February the pupils received some very special visito Sarah-Jane for organising the visit!
World Book Day Thursday 7th March
For World Book Day, our pupils had the opportunity to Crawley this month. During the bear hunt, there was lots of squelching, splashing, clapping and singing. Well done to all the pupils for their participation.
Ben the Therapy Dog
Last week we had our first visit from Ben, a trained autism therapy dog. Ben was a great hit with pupils (and staff) and visited both classrooms and was available outside for pupils tor and that he can work his magic with some of the pupils who are anxious around dogs as well as those that …
Step By Step Research Conference
The school hosted it’s first Step By Step Research Conference in January 2019. Staff actively engaged in research, were able to attend or present, please contact Faye, our Teacher in Charge.
Step by Step does its bit for the environment!
During 2018, we recycled an incredible 375 kg of paper. This means we’ve helped save more than 11,000 litres of water, 1300 kilowatts of electricity and no less than 6 trees! Not tonne of carbon dioxide!
Christmas Jumper Day for Save the Children
Staff and pupils wore their Christmas jumpers to wear them again on Tuesday 18th December, where we invited families in for refreshments and activities in the classrooms.
Llama Park Santa Visit
On Monday 3rd January, all the pupils visited the Llama Park to Zoe for organising and all the staff for making the visits so memorable.
Children in Need
A big well done to all the pupils for raising money for Children in Need. A great time was had by all, baking, selling and buying cakes. Well done to see all the staff and pupils dressed up for the day . The pupils also took part in some competitions, including Guess the alternative name …
England International in our team!
England International in our team! Well done too, so keep on running everyone.
Georgie’s Barcelona Marathon for Step by Step
A massive “Thank You” to raise over £2000 for us. Georgie is the daughter of our landlord, Tony Grubb, and our original school building, “Jo’s Barn”, is named in memory of Tony’s sister who died tragically in a car accident when she was just 21. “I must admit that Sunday’s marathon was without a doubt the …
Grand Opening Day for our new outdoor classroom
We have now received £25k from Wooden Spoon, which is the children’s charity of rugby. The money was used to the Hall. The Grand Opening was held on 16 November and was attended by 16 members of Wooden Spoon and the East Grinstead Rugby Football Club, two of our governors (Hilary and Karen), the Head …
Another fantastic donation from Keswick to Barrow
We have been very fortunate to receive another generous donation of £5400 from the Keswick to Barrow charity walk this year. One of our parents, Jamie Roberts and his friends have formed the “Tonka Fingers” Team who take part in The Keswick to Barrow 40 mile walk every year to raise money for charities all over the …
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Step by Step biscuit bake for Children in Need
The Step by Step pupils had a fantastic week baking 134 Pudsey bear biscuits for a special sale in aid of BBC Children in Need. The bear shaped biscuits were made by secondary pupils and were sold throughout the school during lunchtime. The sale raised a grand total of £54.40 for the annual charity extravaganza.
Double Marathon Glory!
A big thank you and congratulations ton Marathon on Sunday 19th April. Sian raised in excess of £1K for sensory equipment at Step by Step. Very well done Sian!! Another runner, already one of our Step by Step Champions, Stuart Walker, Golf Professional at Epsom Golf Club, very kindly ran for a second time to …
Stuart and Sian running in the 2016 Brighton Marathon
Step by Step Occupational Therapist Sian Kelly and Epsom Golf Club Pro Stuart Walker are running in the Brighton Marathon this Sunday 17th April to raise valuable funds for our school. It will be Stuart’s second run for us and Sian’s debut marathon. It’s sure to be an heroic effort, so good luck to them both and …
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Hero Harry’s 1 mile swim
A massive thank you to Harry, brother of one of our pupils, for his heroic fundraising swim. Coming from a strong family tradition of fundraisers, he smashed his original target of £100 to raise an incredible £333 for Step by Step. While planning to raise valuable funds for his brother’s school. A pleased and relieved …
Josh’s Skydive for Step by Step
Josh Hilton who is our Admin Manager, Sam Matthews’ son, followed in his parents’ footsteps by making a skydive in June 2015 and raising a cool £1400 for Step by Step. “Mum and Dad were some of the founding members who set up the school and my brother Max was lucky enough to help them learn. Please help me …
Red Nose Day
Thank you to this year’s Comic Relief Red Nose Day! We have raised £300 from our cake sale, the sale of red noses and your very generous donations. The fun activities included dancing, face painting, nail painting and of course the cake sale stand. All of the pupils and staff really enjoyed the day!
Jake and Alice’s Big Swim
A big thank you top 30. The event does have links to sponsor them for Step by Step so that they could raise money directly for the school. “As you can see from the picture, it was a fun event raising around £750 for Step by Step which I’m sure will be put told us.
10th Anniversary Celebrations
We were delighted that so many of you were able to join us for the 10th Anniversary celebration on 10 May. We were worried in the morning that the rain would continue to shine at noon and continued right up until we finished around 4pm! We all enjoyed a delicious lunch in a beautiful marquee …
Brighton Marathon Man
Stuart Walker swapped his golf clubs for running shoes as he competed in his first ever marathon in Brighton in April raising over £3000 for Step by Step. Stuart is the PGA Professional at Epsom Golf Course. He is already known to us for lending his considerable support to Step by Step by being involved …
Joan’s 22 mile “Channel” swim
Joan Jordan, one of our parents at Step by Step, successfully swam 22 miles over 11 weeks to raise valuable funds for the school. Before the event Joan to raise funds for the wonderful Step by Step. I swim most days anyway, so I might as well swim for my son’s school.” She raised a fantastic £111 for us. …
40 mile Keswick to Barrow fundraiser for Step by Step
We are incredibly grateful for the outstanding donation of £8168 given to us by Jamie Roberts, one of our Step by Step parents. On a cold and wet May day, Jamie and his team of 56 walkers completed the gruelling 40 mile Keswick to Barrow walk. Starting early at 4.30am, the route took them through …
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New mezzanine for Jo’s barn
Although we were closed for the month of August, the school saw lots of activity as the mezzanine floor of Jo’s Barn was installed. A team of builders, carpenters and electricians, supervised by our architect Les Bain, completed the entire project in six weeks. We were sent progress photos along the way and it looked, …
Dr Vincent Carbone returns to Step by step
We were very pleased to welcome Dr Vincent Carbone (BCBA-D) back to Step by Step in October. Dr Carbone has over 35 years of experience designing learning environments for people with autism and development disabilities and his training is always inspirational and motivating. Dr Carbone spent time in each class observing staff and pupils, interacting …
Step by Step Parents’ Association Fundraiser
You will be delighted to say: “We filled Nizam Restaurant to capacity with friends and families of Step by Step. The atmosphere was wonderful, the Curry lunch was delicious, the raffle prizes were gratefully received, our children did amazingly well and a good time was had by all. Thanks to you. A heartfelt ‘thank you’ …
Sussex Wooden Spoon Society open our new cycle track
On a bright December day we were delighted to the grand opening of our new all weather cycle track and play area. With parents, governors and staff looking on, the project funded by a generous £16,000 donation was officially opened by ex London Irish and Ireland international Justin Bishop. Justin, born in West Sussex, and …
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Marathon Matt raises £10k for SbS
A very special thank you ton Marathon. In almost perfect conditions Matt came in at 3 hours, 51 minutes and 55 seconds. ” Elated at dipping under 4 hours, emotional and very tired. In those dark miles when the going is brutal, the thing that put wind in my sails is looking around at fellow …
More fundraising success stories for Step by Step playground
We have made fantastic progress with our fundraising efforts for our new playground. Since the beginning in the year we have raised an amazing £63000. We have finished the ground work, fencing and grassed area and will soon install the fitness equipment and in-ground trampoline. Our next step is to raise more funds so that …
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Mountainside drama for Step by Step Fundraisers
Staff from Step by Step found themselves at the centre of a mountain rescue when they undertook a mammoth fund-raising expedition. Eight tuto climb the three highest peaks in the UK – Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, and Snowdon – within 24 hours. They’d made it top of Ben Nevis and were on their way down …