JUST after half-term, three Year 6 girls from Morchard Bishop C of E Primary School (Ruby Hooper, Olivia Perry and Evelyn Griffiths) decided to ask Headteacher Chris Sargeant, if they could do a Fun Run to raise some money for a charity.

This started a conversation and the school soon realised that with all the Covid restrictions its normal fundraisers of Christingle and Christmas Church production would not be happening.

It was then decided to hold an event for the whole school to support local charity.

The girls came up with the idea of running round the school field and from this a plan was developed into five laps (of a 200m track) over five days, which gave a total of 5K.

Evelyn said: “We chose Crediton Foodbank because it is a local charity which helps people who live in our area.”

Olivia said: “This year has been extra hard because of Covid-19, so we wanted to give support to families in need.”

Ruby said: “We have raised a lot more money than we expected and it is going to a very good cause.”

Mark Williams from Crediton Foodbank received the cheques for £2,332.70 from the girls.

Mr Williams thanked the school for its contribution on behalf of everybody at the Foodbank. He explained that all the money would be used to support local vulnerable families.

Chris Sargeant said: “This has been a fantastic effort by the whole school community and it has been the schools most successful charity fundraiser in the last 10 years. Thank you to everyone for the very generous support.”