Fiveways schoolkids raise £10k for Haiti Schools in the Fiveways area have raised over £10,000 for Haiti. Their mammoth fundraising efforts included non-uniform days, raffles, benefit concerts, and more. We caught up with Varndean, Dorothy Stringer and Balfour Infant school to find out how they hit their targets.

Varndean School - Students from Varndean School have so far raised £2,300 for the people of Haiti with a non-uniform day, a cake sale and a Benefit concert. The concert was organised by the school's own music students and included performances by their jazz bands, samba bands, rock bands and even a special solo song about Haiti by written and sung by Y10 student Mitzi Want. Head teacher, William Deighan said: “Our students and their families have done incredibly well in raising funds for Haiti, the students organised all of the events themselves and money is continuing to come in.”

Balfour Infant School -Balfour Infant School raised over £2,000 with their "Heroes for Haiti" day. Students came to school dressed as superheroes. Music teacher and singer songwriter Mike Reinstein composed a fantastic 'Superhero for Haiti' song which the children sang together in assembly. As well as this, real life police heroes came in and talked to the younger children.

Head teacher Mrs Judith Kemp said: “We raised over £2000 for Unicef which is the largest amount we have ever raised for a charity event.”

Dorothy Stringer School - So far Dorothy Stringer have raised over £6,000 for the people of Haiti and are well on the way to hitting their £7,000 target. Fundraising efforts have included a benefit concert packed full of singers, actors, dancers, a raffle, cake sales and car washing. As well as extensive fundraising, the BBC went to Dorothy Stringer and did a live video link with Haitian children living in Port-au-Prince. The link was delivered by Skype and presented by Nicola Pearson for the BBC on 28th January. Dorothy Stringer students spoke to Gerald and Edward, two Haitian students from the Morning Star School at length. They were reluctant to linger on the distressing topic of the earthquake so kept the conversation upbeat, happy and relaxed, discussing everything from sport and cars to what the girls were like at school! Student Ruby Williams said: “The experience gave us an insight into how normal life is determinedly moving on. With pride and courage the Haitians are already rebuilding their lives and their country. Gerald expressed this perfectly saying that "I may be in Haiti but, I'm cool." Dorothy Springer are hoping to forge a permanent link with Morning Star school and if possible plan a trip to Haiti to meet the students in the future. You can watch the live broadcast on the BBC website.