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Friends &amp; family then had to go on-line to vote for the best design from all the schools entries. Ellwood came joint 1st and won themselves a re-conditioned bike!<\/p>\n<p>Spurred on from their success and as one bicycle can not be shared between all the pupils, the eco\u00a0team decided to donate their bike to the schools fundraising efforts for a &#8216;Traversing Climbing Wall.\u00a0The traversing wall has been requested\u00a0by the schools council which is made up of pupils.\u00a0The bike was the star prize in a raffle held by the school with\u00a0all raffle ticket money going towards the fund for the traversing wall.<\/p>\n<p>Hearing about the schools fundraising efforts and the generous decision of the pupils to donate the bike\u00a0Jennifer Lambert, Account Manager at New Directions Education who has a close working\u00a0relationship with the school\u00a0decided to support their efforts with a donation. Jennifer commented &#8216; the\u00a0children have been working very hard holding cake sales to try and\u00a0raise money for the\u00a0traverse wall, when I heard of the very generous donation made by the pupils to donate the bike to the school I felt compelled to help. I\u00a0 I look forward to the grand unveiling the school has planned for the wall and I am especially looking forward to having a go&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/new-APRIL-2013-Bike-raffle-and-cake-sale-003-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"new APRIL 2013 Bike raffle and cake sale 003 (3)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/new-APRIL-2013-Bike-raffle-and-cake-sale-003-3-300x239.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"photo (4)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/photo-4-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Eco-Schools, the Eco Team at Ellwood Community Primary School entered the \u2018Re-Invent the Wheel\u2019 competition organised by The Gloucester 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