Pupils and teachers from Newdale Primary School have taked on Telford's most iconic hill to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
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00:00Head teacher at Newdale? I am, yeah.
00:02And what's going on? A bit of a military operation here this morning, isn't it?
00:05It is, yeah. We've got the first coach load has just arrived.
00:08So these are our youngest, our Year 1's.
00:10And they're beginning their journey up to the top of the Reekin.
00:14All for a good cause, for Macmillan.
00:16For Macmillan, yes. And then we've got the next coach loads.
00:18We've got Year 2's and 3's right behind us.
00:22And then Year 4, 5 and 6 will be following shortly.
00:25So we'll have around about 360 children walking to the top of the Reekin.
00:29And the sun's out for you, well.
00:31Well it's perfect, isn't it? Typical July weather.
00:33Yeah, exactly.
00:34And at the top you're going to be doing something very special aren't you?
00:37Creating a heart with the shape of the children.
00:39That's right. We're doing this in support of the charity Macmillan.
00:44Yeah, hence the significance of the heart then and the colour ratio.
00:49Yeah, so the colour ratio. The children are dressed in red or white.
00:52And we've got half of them in red, half of them in white in the ratio of 1 to 2.
00:56Because across our country, unfortunately, that is the ratio that people are affected by cancer within their lifetime.
01:041 in 2 people, which is awful.
01:06But thankfully we have charities such as Macmillan that support those people and those families.
01:12And so we are all out today in support of Macmillan.
01:16Fantastic. And you've even got a catering team who've gone up ahead in four wheel drives.
01:20Putting picnic tables out at the top, yeah?
01:23That's right. Let's Dine Catering have supported us as well as other people as well.
01:28We've got the police, traffic enforcement, all sorts of people.
01:31And we've also got two drones going up later to get some, we hope, weather permitting.
01:37It's not too misty. We're going to get some really good photographs of the heart as well.
01:41How are you guys? You okay?
01:43Yeah.
01:44You ready for the big challenge? The epic trek?
01:46Yeah.
01:48Who's excited to be walking up there?
01:50Me!
01:53Who's got good strong legs?
01:55Me!
01:57Not me. My legs wobble.
01:59Your legs wobble? It's too early for your legs to be wobbling.
02:01I'm already tired.
02:03So what are you looking forward to most up there?
02:05Doing the big heart and the big picture or your picnic?
02:07The picnic.
02:09The picnic. Who said picnic?
02:11Picnic.
02:13Just do the picnic.
02:15Has anybody been doing any special training? Any extra walking?
02:18Yeah.
02:19Have you? Have you been doing some extra walking?
02:22Have you walked up the reeking before?
02:25Yeah.
02:26Have you? So you know it's good workout, isn't it?
02:28Well, good luck with it guys.
02:30So you're the Macmillan gang. How are you doing guys?
02:33Yeah, really good today. Thank you.
02:35What do you think about what the school have put together? It's quite epic, isn't it really?
02:40Well, we were just saying that the operation of all the bits and bobs to pull it all together is just absolutely incredible.
02:47It's taken so much time and effort and they've already raised over £2,000, I think, which is going to make a massive difference.
02:54It's fantastic.
02:55Are you guys trekking up?
02:57We are. No, we're running up.
02:59We haven't done it for a while, but we're going to give it a go.
03:01Well, do you remember it? It is a good workout.
03:03I remember that. I can still feel the pain just thinking about it from when I last did it.
03:06Thanks very much.
03:08It's the least we can do because it's just amazing what they're doing.
03:12And the weather's, it's easing off now, isn't it?
03:15So you might just be right for that picnic up top.
03:17Yeah, you've got it. Fingers crossed.