Toko School pupils gave up their play time for a week, to support a charitable organisation.
Teacher Gemma Smith said for the last week of term one, tamariki in room five ran for a cause, completing their own Relay for Life event to raise funds for the Taranaki Cancer Society.
“In term one we worked towards our green star which is about giving back to the community.
“My own kids took part in this year’s Relay for Life event. Unfortunately, as a class we missed the event as we were on camp that week. We talked about doing our own small-scale event, and came up with this.
“Each day of the week, they ate their lunch and then rather than going to play, they ran or walked laps of the field.”