Achaleven

ACHALEVEN Primary School pupils raised more than £127 for Mary’s Meals – enough to feed nine children for a full school year.

Earlier this month the children invited the community into the school for an autumn picnic.

The food for the picnic consisted of ‘delicious’ cake, soup and shortbread.

It was partially made using produce from the school garden, with pupils harvesting apples, brambles and potatoes.

The event was organised because pupils wanted to help the Zero Hunger campaign.

In 2015, the Global Goals for Sustainable Development campaign was launched with agreement from 193 countries to work towards an end to poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030. The second phase aimed to put an end to world hunger.

Primary six pupils wrote and produced a short play about the differences families face in third world counties compared to Britain. They involved all the children, who filmed the play and showed it at the picnic.

‘This was a great display of their global citizenship awareness,’ a school spokesperson said.

‘Thank you to everyone who supported this event. An amazing £127.08 was raised, which is enough to feed nine children for a school year. Well done everyone, the school is very proud of you.’