HUNDREDS of school pupils are getting involved to help brave Skye Hall’s dying wish of creating the world’s longest loom band.

The five-year-old from Abingdon died on August 29 after battling a brain tumour for a year.

His parents, Andrew and Sally Hall and younger brother Jesse, two, set up the Loom to the Moon appeal in July to try to set a record for the longest band – where elastic bands are twisted together to form a chain.

It has more than 13,800 likes on Facebook, and the family has already received more than 10 kilometres of loom bands.

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Guinness Book of World Records judges have set a deadline of Friday, December 19, for the chain to be completed.

The appeal has released school packs to help more people get involved with Marsh Baldon Primary School in Marsh Baldon, near Oxford, one of the first to sign up.

Karen Poolman, the school’s part-time music teacher, is a friend of Mrs Hall so wanted to help.

She said: “I did an assembly at the beginning of term and the kids loved the idea of helping him Loom to the Moon.”

Participants are now looming to the Seven Stars pub, 400 metres away from the school across the village green.

Six-year-old Georgina Brooke said: “I made loom with my mum. I like that we can use whatever colours we want. I’ve got glitter ones and multi-coloured ones in there.”

Samuel Lendrun-Polley, nine, added: “I did a massive ball of loom with my mum and my brother.

“My favourite bit is when it’s all done because it’s nice seeing all the colours. It’s nice doing it to help.”

Completed chains should be posted to Blue SkyeThinking, 59 Hendred Way, Abingdon, OX14 2AW.

To donate, text LOOM66 £2 to 70070 or visit justgiving.com/skye-hall For more information visit facebook.com/loomtothemoon

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