Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE launches our NWC Shuffle in aid of Comic Relief!

To enjoy our NWC Shuffle, please click on the link below : https://youtu.be/bjrmeeTTrno

Every year the girls and staff at Northwood College for Girls GDST raise funds for either Comic Relief or Sport Relief and this year Mrs Hubble, was determined to do more than the usual ‘dress up day’ in junior school, and senior school’s ‘cake bake’!

Mrs Hubble commented: “My aim was to create an ambitious project that our whole school could get involved in – one that required dedication, focus and hard work, but is also lots of fun!”.  With this in mind, Mrs Hubble, set our school a special challenge –  to create our own NWC Shuffle Dance that our 850 pupils and staff members could perform in synchronisation on the school hockey pitch!

The girls embraced the idea and voted for their favourite dance music – ‘Everyday I’m Shuffling’ – and the PE teachers set about choreographing the shuffle steps. An intensive training schedule commenced with pupils taught the shuffle during PE lessons and staff members donning their trainers during their break times.

A fundraising target of £1,000 was set and our families were invited to donate money with the promise that the final shuffle performance would be filmed and shared with all.

The day of the official NWC Shuffle arrived and luckily coincided with a special guest to school, the Olympic Gold and Bronze medal winning English field hockey player, Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE.  Visiting the school as a Squadkit Ambassador, Kate was more than happy to get involved and to the delight of the girls, she launched the NWC Shuffle!

The weeks of practise and hard work paid off as the girls, teachers and support staff gave an outstanding performance. Eight-year-old pupil, Siena Shah, commented: “The Shuffle is the best dance ever, we should do it every lunchtime!”.

Mrs Hubble added: “The performance today was perfect, I am so proud of our girls and our staff who wholeheartedly took on this challenge and exceeded my wildest dreams. A huge thank you to all our parents for being so very generous and helping our fundraising figure also exceed our wildest dreams and reach £4,000!”.

At the end of her visit, Kate Richardson-Walsh concluded: “I had so much fun today, great to meet so many amazing staff and pupils who are so invested in getting the very best out of each other.”