Students at Orwell Park School have been praised for raising over £2,750 for charity after staging their own school fair.

East Anglian Daily Times: Pupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOLPupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOL (Image: Archant)

The pupils organised the event themselves last month and held a ‘splat the rat’ game, an inflatable Santa challenge, and a ‘guess the weight of the cake’ competition.

The students even arranged for teachers to provide extra festive cheer by singing Christmas carols.

East Anglian Daily Times: Pupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOLPupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOL (Image: Archant)

The price of the activities on offer ranged from 50p to £2, making even more remarkable the feat of raising a total of £2,750.96 for three chosen charities.

Headmaster Adrian Brown said: “We are absolutely delighted with the amount raised for our charities, but most pleasing of all is that the pupils organised and ran the whole afternoon themselves.”

East Anglian Daily Times: Pupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOLPupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOL (Image: Archant)

The chosen charities were: Tiffers, the Ipswich-based shelter for homeless people; MIND; and Mercy Ships International.

East Anglian Daily Times: Pupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOLPupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOL (Image: Archant)

East Anglian Daily Times: Pupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOLPupils at Orwell Park School raised over £2,500 at a school fair which they organised. PICTURE: SARAH KIRBY SMITH/ORWELL PARK SCHOOL (Image: Archant)