CHILDREN In Need saw Kingsbridge go spotty last week with treasure hunts, cake sales and wet sponges galore.

Beehives under fives pre-school in Salcombe dressed up in spotty clothes, decorated biscuits, made spotty crowns, made Pudsey masks and decorated a banner. The children raised over £125 and are still busy collecting money.

The children and staff of Aveton Gifford Pre-school dressed up in spots and made spotty cup cakes by baking buns and decorated them with icing and sweets.

They sold them to parents and friends of the pre-school and made £17 for the Children in Need Appeal.

At Aveton Gifford Primary School pupils and staff enjoyed a mufti day and brought in homemade cakes and biscuits to sell at break time. The school raised £115 for Children In Need.

Salcombe Church of England Primary School raised nearly £400 in total. The school had a cake sale, wore spotty clothes and held a pennies for Pudsey, which saw the children filling a giant picture of Pudsey with coins.

Several of the children raised money with sponsored silences, runs, drawing, writing and some even wore as many tops as they could fit in to.

Stokenham Area Primary School raised £95. Children paid 50p each for Pudsey Bear cookies, made by the school's teaching assistants.

Loddiswell Primary School dressed spotty for the occasion and raised £57.

Children at Malborough Primary School had lots of fun while raising their money for Children In Need. The school council, assisted by Year 6, organised a range of activities.

The pupils came dressed in spots and paid £1 for the privilege, there were spotty faces, shoes, trousers, T-shirts and even hair on display.

At break time the children sold cakes made by their mums, and Pudsey biscuits, provided by Kim the school catering manager. There were also treasure hunts and a very popular book sale.

After lunch, Linda Scott and Paul Jacobson set up the human fruit machine and Paul Jacobson, the compere, drummed up an amazing amount of support to raise even more money for Children in Need. All this fun was topped off by the school raising nearly £170 for the appeal.

Pupils at Charleton Church of England Primary School dressed in spots and stripes for the day. The school council organised a treasure hunt and wet sponge throwing helping to raise £37.

Staff and students at Kingsbridge Community College got behind Children in Need this year with a range of fundraising activities. The college canteen kicked things off with a full English 'Pudsey's Big Breakfast' served before the start of the day.

At break time the smell of freshly baked cakes filled the corridors, as students sold huge amounts of home baked goods. The college site came alive at lunchtime as 12 students demonstrated their talents by busking.

Year 9 leader Tom Graham said: 'The drama hall was filled with coppers, as students dropped by to help create a 'penny mile' with over 7,000 pennies laid down. Teachers said that the hardest job was picking them all up again!

'The main attraction pulling in the crowds, however, was the stocks. Around 10 members of staff queued up to take turns in the stocks and have wet sponges pelted at them. At 10p per sponge there was no shortage of throwers and Year 11 leader Chris King, in particular, really pulled in the money.

'Thanks to all staff and students who got involved. The grand total raised was £530.'

It wasn't just schools who supported the charity, with Squires Hair and Beauty in the Anchor Centre in Kingsbridge holding a raffle and selling buns to raise £206.

The Millbrook Inn in South Pool also got into the spirit, hosting a fundraising evening on Monday in aid of the appeal.

A massive £700 was raised during the evening with all proceeds from a meal and raffle going to the charity.

The guest chef was Jane Bickle as Pudsey Bear, who had a team of nine young local helpers at hand who helped to prepare the food and serve it up.

More than one hundred attended the evening and many enjoyed a three-course meal of homemade breadsticks and dips, spicy lamb casserole with cous cous and seasonal vegetables and Pudsey's posh jelly and ice cream with homemade shortbread. Pudsey would like to say thank you to all who contributed.