Primary school pupils are looking forward to choosing their own new playground equipment - with the aid of the Wish campaign.
Pupils at Overfields Primary School in Ormesby, Middlesbrough, have set about collecting this year’s tokens with a keen eye on all the different playground equipment they could buy with their share of the Wish Campaign fund.
And they are hoping Gazette readers will help their cause by sending them their tokens.
Every year, The Gazette’s Wish campaign gives away thousands of pounds to not-for-profit groups and organisations benefiting the Teesside community and each registered group is guaranteed a share of our £40,000 fund.
Overfields Primary School has taken part in the Gazette Wish campaign for a number of years and in the past has used the money raised to help encourage new people into sport.
But this year the emphasis is on giving pupils a say on the new playground equipment the school buys with this year’s tokens.
Headteacher Tracy Watson said: “Ideally we want to get some portable games and sporting equipment that the children can easily access at playtimes.”
“We will be holding a school council to help decide and every child will get to have their say on what equipment we decide to get.”
The more tokens a group collects, the bigger its share of the prize pot. The last token appeared in yesterday’s Gazette and submissions for tokens will close at 5pm on Friday, February 27.
Tokens can be sent to Overfields Primary School, Allendale Road, Ormesby, Middlesbrough TS7 9LF.
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