IT was an odd day for pupils and staff at a Gourock primary school as the raised awareness of Down Syndrome.

Children showed up to St Ninian’s Primary School with odd, colourful and crazy socks to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day and had lots of fun comparing colours and styles.

Ellie McCauley, 11, who's younger brother Charlie became a social media star last year when he starred in a video to raise awareness about Down’s Syndrome, took time to stop and pose for a picture for our photographer.

A event at the school aims to make sure that people with the congenital disorder have the same freedoms and opportunities as everyone else.

This month pupils focussed on respect and have been encouraging each other through assembly and within class work to appreciate that everyone is unique.

Head teacher Lesley McCabe was delighted to see so many colourful socks around the school.

She said: “We are delighted once again to be supporting World Down Syndrome Day at St Ninian’s.

“We help raise awareness of what Down Syndrome is, what it means to have Down Syndrome and how people with Down Syndrome play a vital role in our lives and communities.

“Through our school values of respect, inclusion, honesty and friendship our school advocates the rights, inclusion and wellbeing of all.”

People around the world wore odd socks on Thursday and used the hashtag #LotsOfSocks on social media to raise awareness of the cause.

Socks were used as the symbol because chromosomes are shaped like socks and people with Down's syndrome are born with an extra one.

World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on March 21 because every person has a pair of chromosome 21, but people with Down’s Syndrome have three.