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# Pupils get creative to help raise funds for school sports track
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/kids-get-creative-to-help-raise-funds-for-school-sports-track/
- Published: 2021-10-21T06:26:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-21T05:51:02.000Z
- Description: Spooky season has brought out creativity at a Lichfield school where children carved pumpkins to raise funds for a new sports track.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Education, Fradley, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

Spooky season has brought out creativity at a Lichfield school where children carved pumpkins to raise funds for a new sports track.

![Clare Emery-Talbot, Mike Dowd and Maxine Horsnail with some of the pumpkins](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/st-stephens-pumpkins.jpg)

Teachers Clare Emery-Talbot, Mike Dowd and Maxine Horsnail with some of the pumpkins

Youngsters at St Stephen’s Primary School in Fradley took part in a Pumpkin Fest competition organised by teachers.

The event saw youngsters carving out their designs to help fund an all-weather walking track around the field.

Mike Dowd, headteacher at the school, said:

> “The number of pumpkins we had for the event was fantastic, we really have had a lot of support from parents.  
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> “Also, the children have loved taking part as during the pandemic we weren’t able to have fun events like this and we all really missed it.  
>  
> “Money raised from the event will go towards an all-weather walking track on the field so the children can do their daily mile more easily.  
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> “The daily mile sees children getting out for a walk every day, and we know it boosts their health and wellbeing.”  
>  
> Mike Dowd, St Stephen’s Primary School

St Stephen’s Primary School recently had a multi-million pound expansion which has seen four extra classrooms, a new school hall, offices and a one-to-one learning space created.