The McDonald’s Camp Quality Puppet performance is designed to give children a greater understanding of childhood cancer.

The performance was shown five times yesterday, three times at South Dubbo Public School and twice at St John’s Primary School.

Puppet Kylie is followed in the story, as she made her way back to school after losing her hair due to leukaemia treatment.

The show is often performed at a school where a student has recently undergone treatment and seeks to reduce the risk of possible teasing by creating empathy among their classmates.

Mali Hopkins-Davies found the performance of the large puppets very enjoyable.

“It was nice, I liked it so much all of it was my favourite,” she said.

When asked if she had learnt anything from watching the puppet show, she replied quickly.

“I already knew to be nice to people,” she said.

The core message of the free 45-minute performance is that is “uncool to be cruel”.

Approximately nine hundred children are diagnosed with cancer in Australia every year.