Schools: Collect tokens and win £2,000

A colourful mosaic to brighten up the playground could be on the cards for youngsters bidding for a share of £20,000 in the Advertiser’s Cash for Schools scheme.

Larchfield Primary School will be collecting tokens as part of the initiative, now in its second week, to earn a share of the cash provided by the Louis Baylis (Maidenhead Advertiser) Charitable Trust.

School office manager Shellie Clark said: “There’s a big drive to collect tokens every year as the money is so useful to the children and the school.

“The school council, which is made up of children from each year group, has decided to collect tokens towards a mosaic to brighten up the school.”

She added the community is also being encouraged to get involved by collecting tokens and dropping them into the school.

The Bargeman Road school already has new flower planters and a friendship bench thanks to money awarded to it during the last two years of the scheme.

About £120,000 has been given to schools since the scheme began in 2006, helping them to fund an array of projects from new playground equipment to computers and sports kit.

The initiative is open to all state schools in the area covered by the Advertiser.

Tokens will be printed in the Maidenhead, Burnham, Twyford and Windsor Advertisers until Thursday, March 29. Money will be allocated based on the ratio of tokens collected per pupil, with a minimum of just two tokens per pupil enough to guarantee participating schools a share of the cash.

There is a top prize of £2,000 and a runner-up prize of £1,500, leaving £16,500 to share between the remaining schools.

Pick up your token on page 19 of this week's Advertiser print edition.

Top tips for schools:

Buy the paper every week, cut out the token and ensure your child takes it into school.

Schools can sell papers. Each one sold earns the school an extra 13.2p towards school funds and another token towards their target. Call Holly Clarke on 01628 678248 to find out more.

Encourage family and friends to collect the tokens for your child’s school.

Don’t forget, as long as your school collects two tokens per pupil, it is guaranteed a share of the cash.

If you are supporting a school you don’t have a child at, collect the tokens and drop them in at the end of the scheme.

Schools taking part:

Altwood CE Business & Enterprise College

Alwyn Infant & Nursery

Bisham CE Primary

Boyne Hill CE Infant & Nursery

Braywood CE First

Burchetts Green CE Infant

Burnham Upper

Charvil Pre-School