Daffodil Day in full bloom
A Palmerston North School was bursting with colour and music as pupils raised money for Daffodil Day.
Pupils and teachers at College Street School dressed in green and yellow to mark the national fundraiser yesterday. The school’s young leaders group organised a morning tea disco, complete with face and nail painting
People were encouraged to bring a gold coin donation for the Cancer Society.
Pupils at the assembly spoke about the meaning of Daffodil Day and the work of the Cancer Society.
Amelia O’brien, 11, said it was important fellow pupils knew where their donations were going. ‘‘When you ask kids about what Daffodil Day is, they say it’s just about flowers.’’
Sakthi Prabhu, 11, said the pupils organised a fundraising event to help people with cancer and wanted to host activities the pupils would enjoy.
‘‘We all want people to get better and we wanted the school to contribute, and we made it fun.’’
Brooke Baker, also 11, said the young leaders were really proud of their efforts, which took two weeks to organise, and she was happy to see pupils enjoying the activities.
‘‘Everyone loves a disco and a bit of facepaint.’’
Jilly Hou, 9, helped to make origami daffodils for the teachers to wear.
Teacher Jess Scott said the school wanted to teach the children about giving to charity from a young age.
Many children and staff had been affected by cancer in some way, and she said it was important to celebrate people battling the disease, as well as people who had died from it.
‘‘It opens up their eyes to people who are less fortunate, people going through struggles.’’
The school raised just over $530 from gold coin donations.