Pupils raise over £3,000 in marathon challenge

Pupils have raised over £3,000 for their school by completing 307 laps, the equivalent of 7.3 marathons of Broughton Gifford Common.

Children at St Mary’s Primary School in Broughton Gifford completed as many 1km laps of the Common as they could last month during the school’s first-ever ‘Mary-thon’.

They raised £3,363 in total, which will go towards enhancing the school’s garden to bring additional sensory elements into the space to make it even more welcoming and engaging, especially for children with special educational needs. New wildlife and play features will also be added.

A member of the school’s PTA group, Charlotte Godsiffe, said, “This is a huge achievement for our small school and the event raised an astonishing amount. It was a beautiful sunny day and after a thorough warm up directed by the professional fitness coach Francisco Mora of Rustiq Fitness, the village turned out to cheer the children on.

“We’d like to offer enormous thanks to all those in the community who supported the event, it was a huge success and most importantly tremendously enjoyable for the children.”