STUDENTS turned traders at the St Nicholas School Christmas Fair.
The Merstham school held its festive festival last Thursday, complete with fireworks and an array of craft stalls.
But the show was stolen by the pupils who ran their own mini-enterprise stalls to raise money for their form.
Each class decided on a business model – such as selling decorated sweet bags, tea light holders or home-made baubles – which they bought and sold at the fair, putting the profits towards a trip or presents for their class.
Alison Lewis, of the school, said: "It was a lovely day, it was amazing.
"We had a lot of stalls and a really good turnout.
"The kids loved running their own stalls and they were brilliant; some of them stayed with the stalls all day and some did shifts."
The Taynton Drive school has run fairs on a large scale for the past two years. It hopes to create an event which the public attend to buy presents to help raise funds for the school.
Though stallholders pay to take part, entry was free as the school tries to increase its links with the local community.
"This went down really well," Mrs Lewis said.
"We like to do things within the community; we want to encourage more people into the school and work with them to help build a relationship."
Organiser Di Dooley said: "Having the children involved was lovely for the event.
"We want people to think of the school as a place they want to go and it is great to see people supporting us."
About 150 members of the school and local community enjoyed the event. Afterwards, pupils who board tucked into a Christmas lunch with their families.
