A four-year-old girl from the Rhondda is raising money to help start a Forest School at her primary school in Cwmparc. Polly decided to ride 60 miles during the summer holiday with the aim of raising £60. Her mum has recorded the miles over the last six weeks and, so far, Polly has cycled 93 miles, raising over £1,000.
Before the summer holidays, the primary school asked students to donate old pots or pans as a contribution to the forest school, which is an outdoor education model to allow students to learn about the outdoors and their local surroundings. However, Polly and her mum did not have any spare pots and pans at home to donate; instead, the schoolgirl decided to help fundraise by cycling 60 miles during the six weeks holiday in the hope of raising £60 for the new forest school.
Polly’s mum, Annabelle Dearling, shared how Polly missed her teacher Mrs James while she was out in the forest learning about the outdoors and wanted to help her to set up the new forest school. She said: “Polly absolutely adores Mrs James, who kept going away to learn about the forest ready for the new school and to report back to the class. Polly kept saying ‘I miss Mrs James’ and then when Mrs James informed the students she wouldn't be coming back to class, Polly was devastated. Mrs James asked the students to donate pots and pans but we didn’t have any to give and I decided to think of something to do.
