While most children have to head for the beach for a donkey ride, our pupils have only to go to the playground and school field to enjoy a ride on Maco or Joop, two rescue donkeys and the latest additions to St Edward's menagerie of pets.
Half-brothers Maco, 15, and Joop, 16, arrived from Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary last August and join our:
Our pupils are responsible for all aspects of the animals' care, including grooming, walking and mucking them out. The donkeys are the responsibility of various Key Stage 2 children, under the watchful eye of an adult, although pupils throughout the school can book a ride at the weekly Donkey Club and also help to groom and feed them.
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