THROUGHOUT the year, children at Richmond CE Primary School have demonstrated their sharing and caring attitude in numerous ways.

Just before Easter, the school invited groups of older residents to an afternoon's entertainment in which the school choir performed Jonah Man Jazz, before being joined by all the year five and six children for a medley of 1940s songs.

Choir member Hannah Robertson said: "It was a great experience and I loved every minute of it."

Visitors were then served tea and coffee, and fresh buttered scones made by Paul Cullen's class that morning.

On the evening of the last school day before Easter, a disco was held in school, with some of the proceeds going to provide funds for a Ugandan nursery where one of the school staff, Rosalind Arnold, recently spent a number of months working.

In the past, the school has sent equipment to the nursery, which was greatly appreciated.

In November, some of the children went down to Richmond Castle to take part in the Children in Need fundraising activity.

"There were great games like Crown the King," said Becky World, who took part in the event.

During a week of fundraising, the school collected more than £1,500 for Children in Need and were privileged to have the BBC in school filming the choir singing Meet the Need, written by Gillian Ash.

The footage was shown on the BBC's Look North programme.

Just before Christmas, groups of older children visited Richmond House and sang Christmas songs to the residents, who thoroughly enjoyed it.

"We really enjoyed singing to them, and by the looks on their faces they enjoyed it, too," said Kerrie Poole afterwards.

During the same week, groups from Queen's Court, Lile Close and Ryder's Court were invited into school and were also entertained with festive songs and carols.

At the end, the children served them with sausage rolls, mince pies and tea or coffee, which put the finishing touches to a wonderful afternoon.

We also collected £200 on Red Nose Day and £162 for the Indian Earthquake Relief Fund.

So you can see that our school consistently demonstrates how we care for others by sharing in all the ways we can.