IT’S that time of year again, where Pudsey takes centre stage.

Last night saw the annual return of BBC’s charity appeal show for Children in Need, as celebrities joined forces to put on an entertaining and moving evening on television to raise money.

Children in Need has been running for nearly three decades and the charity has raised more than £1bn for the charity since its first ever appeal show in 1980.

All the money raised goes towards charities and organisations which help support disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.

In Carlisle, schoolchildren from Kingmoor Nursery and Infant school, in Hether Drive, turned up yesterday dressed in pyjamas or their most comfortable clothes.

All children donated £1 which will go to the charity.

Nicky Corfield, headteacher at the school, said: “We haven’t been doing specific Children in Need activities but have had a big focus on world kindness day.

“The children have been thinking about ways they can be kind to each other.

“They were looking for ways to perform random acts of kindness.”

The school tied these acts of kindness in with Children in Need.

They performed acts like singing to other classes and making cups of tea for teachers.

Children even looked out for other pupils who may be feeling stressed, sad or anxious.

“We’ve also been tying this in with anti-bullying week,” added Mrs Corfield.

“We have a big focus on mental health.

“The school has been looking at ways we can support not just our children but teachers and parents too.

“It all fits in really well.

“Looking at resilience and helping children to think about themselves.”

Last year, Children In Need raised a staggering £50,595,093 million for charity during their Friday evening TV broadcast.

This was an increase from the £50,168,562 raised by the BBC during their live

broadcast in 2017 - the show’s 2018 fundraising figure has broken records to become the most the charity had ever managed in one evening.