ALL 270 pupils at St Cleer Primary School wore bright yellow T-shirts and brought in donations in support of one of their youngest classmates.

“It was like walking onto a field of yellow,” said Jenny Hales, whose daughter Amelia, four, has Cystic Fibrosis.

Wear Yellow Day is the chance to raise awareness of the condition and fundraise to help the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in its work to support families.

Jenny said she felt so grateful to St Cleer School, not just for backing the event, but for the support every day of the year which has enabled Amelia to lead a normal school life alongside her peers. Amelia is one of more than 10,000 people in the UK with the genetic condition Cystic Fibrosis.

Sufferers experience a build-up of thick mucus in their lungs and other organs and other challenging symptoms. Great care must be taken over exposure to infection, and to matching medication to food consumed during the day. Amelia’s pre-school teacher Sophie Ronald has been dedicated to helping Amelia with her medication since she joined the school, says Jenny, and all the staff, including Reception teacher Kate Rudd and headteacher Michele Spencer, have done their utmost to help the family feel at ease.

“If it weren’t for what the staff do Amelia wouldn’t be able to come to school,” said Jenny. “But I feel confident enough to put my trust in them. They do her medications – they even have to work out the fat content of each snack so that they know how many of a particular tablet she’ll need.”

Amelia’s dad Adam feels the same: “It’s reassuring that we can just drop her and know she’ll be all right. St Cleer School is helping her have a normal school experience.”

Classrooms and corridors were decorated with banners and balloons for Wear Yellow Day and a special cake was created by cake artist Verity Jane and auctioned for £200.

Bouquets of yellow flowers were presented to the teachers and headteacher by Amelia herself. In total the day raised £514 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

Speaking to the pupils on the field, headteacher Ms Spencer said she had goosebumps – as it was the first time since before the lockdown in March 2020 that the whole school had been together.

“Jenny approached us about Wear Yellow Day and of course we were delighted to do it,” she said. “Now nearly all of the children in St Cleer School say yellow is their favourite colour.”