Mud, Sweat and Cheers

There is no doubt that Long Bay Primary School is situated in an absolutely wonderful location. We are surrounded by green spaces, tall trees and have room to play in all sorts of different places. The annual Mud Fun Run is an event that makes the most of the school grounds. As a concept it is simple. We use this opportunity to ask our community to sponsor their children to run around in circles getting wet, very muddy and covered in colourful paint. In reality the water is cold, the mud smells, the paint gets everywhere and the sponsors are incredibly generous.

This year we achieved our goal of raising $20,000. We will use this money to create a path across our school grounds. Ironically it will make it easier to get to and from school and not get muddy while doing so. It was only thanks to the generosity of our parent community and key sponsors that this was possible. Hellers, Nestlé and New World Long Bay provided sausages, milk, bread and Milo to allow our students to warm up after they had finished.

Aside from the fundraising side of things, this event, like many we run throughout the year, provided an opportunity for our school community to come together and for the children to have fun. The level of fitness required to constantly run laps of the school while getting muddier and muddier is more challenging than you will believe!

The icing on the cake will be the top 10 student fundraisers who will get the chance to cover some enthusiastic staff members in paint and then buckets of very cold water at our next assembly. They are looking forward to it more than the students are - Yeah right!