THEY’RE building their field of dreams – and their dream for a funding boost came true.

Wilberlee Junior and Infants School came top of the Examiner’s Schools Collect for Cash – collecting the highest number of tokens per pupil.

Readers collected tokens in the Examiner to win their share of £11,000 – thanks to Barclays.

And the children of Wilberlee will use their win to cultivate a project they’ve called their Field of Dreams to help boost their environmental activities.

Sue Crowther, reception and year one teacher, said it was thanks to the hard work of the parents and pupils, including Melanie Clegg and her son Eli who rallied others.

“We were so excited when we were told,” Mrs Crowther said. “We’re working on our Field of Dreams project where we’re getting a playing field where we can have environment projects.

“We’re hoping to grow vegetables and plant fruit trees – it will be a brilliant extension of the school.”

Wilberlee has just 62 pupils and their amazing effort paid off in two ways – they scooped £2,000 for the highest number of tokens per pupil.

But they also came second in the table of the highest number of tokens overall – which earned them another £1,000.

They were beaten in the latter category by Netherton Infant and Nursery School, who got the £2,000 for outside projects.

And there was a big community effort backing the school – Netherton residents with no connection left their tokens for the school at the village Co-op and Carraday’s newsagents backed their token campaign.

Claire Butterworth, a teaching assistant and acting chairman of the PTA, said they would use the tokens to buy maths and reading resources.