SWINDON marked Red Nose Day in style with schools raising hundreds of pounds for Comic Relief by doing something funny for money.

At Chiseldon Primary School, staff were gunged in front of the children.

Four teachers had buckets of gloop poured over them after a Red Nose Day disco with some pupils dressed up as characters from Shakespeare plays as part of the school’s Shakespeare week. Altogether, they raised more than £300.

School admin officer Linda Embling said: “The children were beside themselves, they were very hyper. They donated to decide who would be gunged, Miss Smith got the most donations.

"The headteacher missed his gunging as he was called away all day for training, so we’ll get him on Monday.”

They weren’t the only teachers to suffer in the name of charity. At Churchfields Academy teacher Marek Koza had his head shaved at lunchtime.

A spokesman said: “He put it down as a joke at first and we said if the students raised £100, he’d do it. We raised £110 so he’s reluctantly had it done, the hall was packed and the students loved it.

“We also sold cakes made by students, staff and governors. Altogether we raised over £500.”

Pupils at St Bartholomew’s School threw wet sponges at teachers and sold their old toys and books to raise money.

The school council, made up of two pupils from each class, came up with the idea to soak their teachers.

School representative Kim Jones said: “The atmosphere in the playground was electric - the teachers were pretty wet afterwards.”

A cake bouquet made by Monica Lawson at New College was auctioned off. And children at Tregoze, Moredon, Rodbourne Cheney, Even Swindon, Oakhurst , Ferndale and The Croft primary schools got to wear whatever they wanted to school.

Many of them dressed up in bright red clothes and painted their faces red to mark the occasion.

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson joined in the fun with a visit to Oakhurst Community Primary School and also posed for a photo in Parliament with Masterchef judge Greg Wallace.

Meadowpark School and Nursery were so eager to support such a good cause that they held a talent show the day before which raised £65, which is expected to double when the proceeds from the non-uniform day are totted up.

Year 4 Teacher Adam Rush said: “The teachers were really pleased with how it went and the children enjoyed it, it was all good fun.”

Meanwhile, staff and students at The Commonweal School wrote and recorded original songs for a CD. The Commonweal Collective album which was sold for £5 each for Comic Relief.