Woodend Primary School students are putting on their walking shoes for this year’s lapathon to raise money for school supplies.
About 400 students dressed head to toe in their school house colours will take part in the one-hour walk or run around the 1.5-to-2-kilometre course on August 9.
Student admin officer Kerry Crosbie said the day is one that a lot of the students look forward to.
“The lapathon has been very successful in the past,” Ms Crosbie said.
“The students raise the money after the walk [and] … they might get paid per lap or a flat amount. This money goes to buying resources for the school.
“They would be things [the school] needs, we make a decision after the event and depending how much money is raised as to what it gets spent on.”
Ms Crosbie said parents and friends are welcome to come to attend the day, with everyone enjoying a sausage sizzle for lunch.
“The kids get to have some fun and win some prizes, and they all get an ice pole after the walk as well,” she said.
“They receive prizes based on how much money they raise … and every child that raises between $5 and $25 gets a voucher for an ice cream from the canteen.
“We have a sausage sizzle to raise extra money and a … sausage guess where they guess how many sausages get cooked on the day.”
Zoe Moffatt
