Colours galore

Local pupils have raised over £300 to help overseas communities living in poverty to grow enough food.

Christ the King Catholic Primary school in Wavertree held a series of events across the school, including a colourful fun run, to ‘brighten up’ the lives of young people around the world as part of development charity CAFOD’s ‘Brighten Up Harvest’ fundraising campaign.

The whole school came together to replace items of their uniform with something bright and silly, and headed down to the field for a ‘welly walk’, whilst reception classes sang songs.

The day culminated with the much-anticipated colour fun run, an event where staff and pupils alike brightened up by throwing powder paint.

Lorna Douglas, a reception teacher and part of the RE team at Christ the King, said: “It was lovely to see the whole school getting involved, including the staff – especially in the colour run! The day was brilliant, and even the rain couldn’t put us off.

“We really enjoyed raising money for CAFOD, and we also held a collection for the South Liverpool Foodbank to end our harvest celebrations.”

CAFOD’s representative in Wavertree, Ged Edwards, said: “This event has shown the abundance of compassion in Christ the King primary school, whose kindness will help communities in El Salvador and around the world.