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Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
The colour run at Longmeadow Primary School was such a success that teacher Sam Britton said it could well become an annual event.
“I have never seen the children so excited,” she said. “The buzz around school was amazing.”
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Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
The highlight, she said, was seeing the youngsters hurl powder paint over assistant head Giles Hetherington while he was using his megaphone.
There was a fine turnout of parents and other family members to support their kids at Friday’s colour run, the proceeds of which will go to help fund improvements to the school’s early-years outside area.
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Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
School head Emily Howley said: “It was lovely to see the community come together for such as well-attended, fun event. The children have not stopped talking about it.”
The final amount raised is still being totted up.
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Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
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Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
![The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO]( "The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO")
Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
![The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO]( "The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO")
Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
![The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO]( "The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO")
Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
![The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO]( "The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO")
Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
![The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO]( "The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO")
Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
![The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO]( "The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO")
Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
![The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO]( "The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO")
Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
![The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO]( "The Comet: Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO")
Parents and pupils of Stevenage Longmeadow Primary School take part in a colour run to raise money for the school. Picture: DANNY LOO (Image: ©2018 Danny Loo Photography - all rights reserved)
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