THE children of Plymtree Primary School in Cullompton have been busy wrapping and filling shoeboxes with treats donated by them as part of Operation Christmas Child and are excited at the prospect of sharing the joy of Christmas with other children less fortunate than themselves from all parts of the world.

Each box has been carefully packed with toys, school supplies and basic clothing or hygiene items, such as a woolly hats or toothbrushes, and will be collected next week by the charity Samaritans Purse.