--- title: "Owen's October Challenge - fundraising for PACT" url: "https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/news/2026-10-02-owen-s-october-challenge-fundraising-for-pact" school: "Sitwell Nursery & Infant School" --- # Owen's October Challenge - fundraising for PACT ![Image of Owen's October Challenge - fundraising for PACT](https://files.schudio.com/sitwell-infant-school/images/news/0040b28c-d118-43cd-a277-5d4dd93d7326.jpg) 2 October 2026 **Owen's October Challenge - fundraising for PACT** As a school we are joining Owen's October Challenge, in memory of Owen Jenkinson, a local teenager who sadly died in 2025 from a very rare type of bone cancer. The family are aiming to raise £100,000 for PACT charity, which support families who are dealing with the illness or loss of a child from tumours/leukaemia. You can find out more about this important charity by following the link below. The challenge is a physical one - where those involved sign up to walk, run or bike 5 or 10km per day, every day in October! Miss Hainsworth and I are doing the whole month! As a school, we are signing up to do this for one day and all children in school will be taking part by walking/running around our daily mile track to complete 5k. We will be completing this on Wednesday 14th October throughout the school day. Each class will be given a slot when they can go outside and complete heir challenge. In assembly on Tuesday, we discussed the challenge and why we are supporting this fundraising cause. The children are very eager to be involved! You can see the Just Giving page below, which gives more information about Owen and the challenge. Every little helps - if you able to donate that would be fantastic! Thank you ftor your support. [ Join our New PTA](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/news/2026-09-14-join-our-new-pta) [Weekly Attendance - Week Ending 6th November 2026 ](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/news/2026-11-06-weekly-attendance-week-ending-6th-november-2026) ### Working Together - [Admissions](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/admissions) - [Active Travel](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/active-travel) - [Wraparound Care @ Sitwell Infants](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/wraparound-care-sitwell-infants) - [School Dinners](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/school-dinners) - [Calendar](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/calendar) - [Latest News](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/news) - [Newsletters & Letters Home](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/newsletters) - [myHappymind](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/myhappymind) - [Parent Charter Gold](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/parent-charter-gold) - [Parent Voice & PTA](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/parent-voice-pta) - [Policies](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/policies) - [Sitwell Infants Governor Blog](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/working-together/sitwell-infants-governor-blog) ![Sitwell Nursery & Infant School](https://files.schudio.com/sitwell-infant-school/images/logo/2.png) ### Sitwell Nursery & Infant School Sitwell Infant School Rotherham South Yorkshire S60 3LA 01709 531855 ### Useful Links - [About our School](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/about-our-school) - [Contact Us](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/about-our-school/contact-us) - [Complaints](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/about-our-school/complaints) - [Our School Day](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/about-our-school/our-school-day) - [Ofsted](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/learning-achieving/ofsted-feedback-performance-data) ### Translation © Copyright 2025–2026 Sitwell Nursery & Infant School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://sitwellinfantschool.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)