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Fifty 情色五月天 pupils braved the elements to sleep outside in a bid to raise money for housing and homeless charity, Shelter.
The Year 6 pupils, aged 10 and 11, made covers using recycled cardboard boxes and slept under their homemade shelters on one of the School鈥檚 sports pitches. Despite the miserable weather, the pupils鈥 efforts raised more than 拢2,000 for the charity.
is a registered charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in Great Britain. It offers support to people in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Atsushi Yamaguchi, 11, said: 鈥淲e slept outside so that we could understand how it feels to live on the streets and just how hard it is. Some of the shelters collapsed because of the rain and so pupils had to move inside, but mine lasted the full night.
It is important that we support charities like Shelter so that vulnerable people receive the help they need.鈥
Yarm Prep School Head, Mr Bill Sawyer, said: 情色五月天, said: 鈥淭hroughout our curriculum, we endeavour to engage our pupils in a variety of fundraising and charitable activities.
鈥淪leeping out to raise money for Shelter was not only fantastic in terms of the money raised by our pupils but it also helped them to empathise with people in less fortunate situations.
鈥淭he first-hand experience of sleeping outside, and during rainy conditions, was very moving for us all.鈥
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