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Coombeshead Staff Quizzed on Harry Potter at Mastermind Challenge

 

Students and staff at Coombeshead Academy have been fundraising for Children in Need (15th November).

Teachers were put in the hot seat as they took up a ‘Mastermind’ challenge at the school, answering questions on a topic of their choice to raise money.  ‘Mastermind' is one of the UK's longest-running quiz shows.  With its iconic, ominous black chair, contestants sit and face a series of challenging questions, interrogation-style.

Quiz master extraordinaire,  Mr Graham, posed the questions to the contestants, Ms Stewart, Ms Williams, Ms Chappell, Mr Stevenson, Dr Hockley-Still and Mr Doxford.  A wide variety of topics were covered including traditional British foods, kings and queens of England, U2, Exeter City FC, the history of the Premier League and the Harry Potter books.

With an encyclopaedic knowledge of Exeter City FC and 18 points, Dr Hockley-Still was the winner.  A grand total of £74.30 was raised for Children in Need.

Thanks to donations, Children in Need are currently funding nearly 1,500 charities and children’s projects to the value of £91.5 million. In 2022/2023 they supported well over 400,000 children.

For more information go to Home - BBC's Children in Need.

Helen Coulson, Headteacher at Coombeshead Academy said:

“I want to say a big thank you to all the staff members that took part in our ‘Mastermind’ challenge today.  The school community raised a brilliant amount of money for Children in Need and students thoroughly enjoyed seeing their teachers in the hot seat.”

Matthew Shanks, CEO of Education South West said:

“It’s great to hear that Coombeshead Academy came up with such a fun and different way to fundraise for Children in Need.  At Education South West we believe in improving the life chances of children, wherever they live, so supporting Children in Need is a such a simple way to do that.”