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[Title]St Mary’s take on epic Red Nose Day Challenge!

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[WHEN] On Friday 13thMarch, [WHO]students from St Mary’s Schoolin Newcastle will be taking part in a megachallenge in support of Red Nose Day 2015.

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[WHAT]After being inspired by the team of famous faces who tackled the Zambezi for Red Nose Day 2013, children will be taking part in their own gruelling challenge!The students will follow in the footsteps of Mel C, Jack Dee, Chelsee Healey, Dara O'Briain, Greg James and Philips Idowuand collectively row the length of the ZambeziRiver on equipment kindly donated bylocal leisure centre[NAME]. Each class will take part,with everystudentcollecting sponsorship from friends and family to join in the fun. And who knows, they may even encounter some of the challenges the celebs faced as people can pay to see how their classmates deal with ‘hippo and crocodile attacks’!

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[WHERE]The challenge will takeplace in the assembly hall of St Mary’s School on Friday 13th March.

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[HOW] Kicking off at 10am, the whole school will gather in the hall to watch Headteacher Mr Brown row the first mile. After his attemptClass 6 will then take to the machines androw as many miles as possible in 45 minutes. Classes will take it in turns to complete their challengesand the two school secretaries will be on hand to keep a tally of the number of miles travelled!

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[WHY]The money raised by UK schools will go towards getting a target of 300,000 children in Africa into education and learning.

[FACT/QUOTE] Mr Brown, Headteacher at St Mary’s School, says “We love getting our school involved withRed Nose Day, and this year the school council came up with the idea of re-enacting thisinspirational challenge. All of the students are really enthusiastic and can’t wait to do their bit!”

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[CONTACT INFO]For more information please contact: St Mary’s Schoolon or 04444 444 4444.

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  • Information about Red Nose Day:

Red Nose Day 2015 is back on Friday 13th March 2015

The money raised by the public is spent by Comic Relief to help people living incredibly tough lives, both at home in the UK and acrossAfrica.

For more information visit rednoseday.com

Red Nose Day is an initiative of Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland).

Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland).