Pupils win award and donate to charity

A GROUP of children from Windmill Hill Primary School have taken part in the St Luke’s BizKids’ fundraising competition.

They have won the Enterprise Award for the best presentation and for achieving all of the BizKids’ objectives, such as financial literacy, communication and perseverance. Thirteen schools across Sheffield took part and only one school could win this award.

Year Two teacher Hannah Crossland told Look Local:

“As a school, we are incredibly proud of the children and their fundraising efforts, particularly this year as they have doubled their fundraising total and raised £913 for St Luke’s Hospice.”

A representative of St Luke’s visited the school on Wednesday March 20 to present the children with a trophy for their achievement.

Yorkshire Bank in Chapeltown matched the pupils’ fundraising which brought the final total to £1,826.60.

The BizKids’ judges said: “We were amazed at all of the creative products and fundraising ideas Windmill Hill had.

“They showed great initiative and we were impressed at how well everyone worked together as a team.”

Some of the fundraising activities included a bun sale, Christmas crafts, superhero dress up day and penalty shootout. These ran between October and March.