Enterprising pupils and staff at an Airdrie primary school raised a whopping £3147.25 for charity recently.
Through a number of fundraising efforts, they raised the impressive some to help St Andrew's Hospice.
That saw them ‘wear yellow’ during a sponsored walk, ‘splat the teacher’, enjoy a ‘teddy bears’ tea party,’ and sell Christmas merchandise for the hospice.
Headteacher Yvonne Callander told Lanarkshire Live : “I am blown away with the generosity and support the parents and community have shown - particularly when times are at their hardest for many people, both financially and emotionally.
“I’m sure this will give our community a lift – there is no better feeling in the world than the feeling of helping others and this goes to show that.
“I am so proud of our learners, and in particular our community champions, who led the fundraising efforts. Their commitment to advertising and organising each event has been incredible."
The school's ‘wear yellow’ walk saw pupils and teachers enjoy a 6K yomp around the Clarkston and Airdrie community, with the P1s enjoying a teddy bears’ tea party too - that saw them bring a soft toy into the school.
Pupils also sold hospice merchandise at a specially set up stall at the Christmas market, with the ‘splat the teacher’ event proving very popular.
To thank staff and pupils for their efforts, they were given a virtual tour of the hospice by Andrew Flynn, the hospice's schools and community development co-ordinator.
Andrew explained how their fundraising would go towards enabling the provision of its vital services in palliative care and respite for its many residents across Lanarkshire.
Andrew told us: "Clarkston Primary School and Nursery have been incredible this last year and raised such a massive amount of money.
"The school has always been amazing to the hospice and what I really love is that it is a full school effort. The pandemic has been tough on all of us, but staff and the pupils at Clarkston have shown resilience to take on new challenges.
“The hospice is able to provide specialist palliative and end of life care for the people of Lanarkshire because of communities like this one.
"We think of all of the hospice supporters as part of a big family and I am so happy to have Clarkston Primary School as part of our family."
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