Newcastle under Lyme School’s youngest pupils have raised over £5000 for Cancer Research UK by completing a sponsored walk ‘from’ Newcastle-under-Lyme to Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia.
Children from Newcastle under Lyme’s Nursery and Preparatory School raised £5584.87 after a group of children, along with their Headmaster, Mr Nick Vernon, came up with the idea of a sponsored walk for Cancer Research UK earlier this year.
During the Summer term, every class from Nursery to Year 6 walked at least one mile each day around the playground and the school’s field, with some children choosing to walk multiple miles a day using their playtimes and lunchtimes. The children, who were sponsored by family and friends, received weekly updates on their progress of how many miles they had walked and where this equated to walking to in the world.
Recently, Ada Haywood, a local fundraiser from Cancer Research UK, visited the School and was presented with the money which will go towards valuable and potentially life-saving research.
Speaking of the children’s achievements, Mr Vernon said: “It just goes to show you what can be achieved with a little thought and a great deal of motivation. We are so proud that the fantastic amount of money raised involved the efforts of all the children in school and brought a feel good factor back to us all when we needed it the most.”
Ada from Cancer Research UK said: “What the children have achieved is amazing and they are our future. Thank you so much to the Newcastle under Lyme Preparatory School pupils, their families and their friends for raising such a lot of money – it will make a big difference.”
Louis Bond: “The site of the camp was much larger than I had ever expected. Much of the camp was destroyed, but there were the cabin like structures at the front of the complex which were tiny in comparison to the number of people who were forced to stay in them. At the rear of the
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