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MAYLANDS PENINSULA primary P&C has raised $17,000 to buy electronic equipment for its school.

Parents raised the funds via sausage sizzles, lap-a-thons and home-made baking sales.

The money will be used to buy 28 iPads, a portable synching/charging unit and junior primary apps for the pre-primary and year one rooms.

P&C president Teresa Borwick says parent fundraising is vital given the cutbacks to school budgets.

“In a time of reduced funding it’s important that the school community do what they can to assist the school,” she says.

“With events such as the lap-a-thon it’s the children themselves who do the hard work and this is a tangible reminder of the difference they can make.

“Whilst we are not able to completely bridge the funding gap, we are doing our best to ensure that the children at Maylands Peninsula primary have access to the best possible equipment.” The school’s Edudance concerts are due to be held September 17 and 19 at Morley Sport and Recreation Centre from 6pm.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK