SU'HING SPECIAL: Youngsters at Sharples School raised £1,028 for the NSPCC's "Full Stop" campaign earlier in the year, when around 600 pupils from years seven, eight and nine took part in a sponsored maths day at the end of the summer term.

NSPCC North-west manager Pam Smith received the cheque from headmaster Kevin Clarke and pupils, from left, Jason Nuttall, Laura Turner, Martin Rigby, Charlene Bailey, Mohammad Esa and Jemma Brindle