CHILDREN at a Whitefield primary school certainly didn't have to scratch their heads to come up with a winning fund-raising formula.

For thanks to sponsored puzzles and quiz sheets, the pupils at Mersey Drive CP school have raised an impressive £600 for children's charity Barnardo's.

The youngsters and staff were delighted at the amount of money gathered by the sponsored events. And equally pleased was the charity's fund-raiser Cynthia Schofield who had the pleasant task of visiting the school to collect the cash.