Lynn Davidson, owner of the Jack 'n' Jill Pre-School Centre, said staff, children and parents felt blessed to have known him and their hearts went out to his parents, Angela and Christopher.

Logan, aged three, inspired a massive fund-raising campaign to help pay for treatment in his fight against neuroblastoma – a relatively rare but aggressive type of cancer.

The Elgin tot even inspired a song, and it is lyric from it that his wee friends are being asked to remember him by after he died peacefully in hospital on Tuesday.

Mrs Davidson said: "A line in 'A Song for Logan' says, 'there's a rainbow in the sky.' We told the children in all their little groups about what happened and told them that, whenever they see a rainbow, they must think of Logan.

"That way, even when they are 60 years old, they will still think of Logan every time they see a rainbow and his life will always go on because they are keeping his memory alive.

"We are devastated. We were so glad that we got the opportunity to have him for the short time that we did. We are just desperate to give his mum and dad a cuddle, but no one can make it better.

"The parents all came in on Tuesday because we had the children doing six little shows, and at the end we all held hands and sang Logan's song. It gave us an opportunity to release our emotions together."

Logan was just two years old when a tumour was discovered in his abdomen. He had been undergoing chemotherapy at Royal Aberdeen Sick Children's Hospital in a bid to shrink the tumour, and it was intended that he would have surgery to remove it at Great Ormond Street in London later this summer.

It is understood that his chemotherapy had to be interrupted a couple of weeks ago because he was not well enough to cope with it. He developed a build-up of fluid in his abdomen, and had surgery for a drain to be inserted.

He amazed everyone with his recovery from that procedure by getting up and walking about, but it is understood his condition started to deteriorate several days later.

The whole community was touched by his plight, and rallied round to launch Logan's Fund earlier this year to raise money to allow him to undergo further treatments not available on the NHS.

Dozens of fund-raising events have been staged and, to date, the tally stands at over £25,000. One of the biggest events has been the Long Walk for Logan – organised by Jack 'n' Jill – which brought around 900 people together, including 350 nursery children, to walk around the Cooper Park in Elgin.

Mrs Davidson said Logan visited the centre a few weeks ago during one of his rare trips home from hospital. Although he had only been with the centre a short time, he seemed to remember everything about it and knew everyone's faces.

"I sometimes don't eat breakfast until I come to work, so I sneak into the 2-3 group room to have some toast. Logan obviously remembered that, because he came up and said, 'Mrs Davidson, I would like a bit of toast'.

"Logan loved playing with the farmyard animals and the lovely, lasting memory I have of him from that day is him lifting up the box and toddling across the room saying, 'I'll just take these with me'. Of course, we let him.

"We were so glad that they brought him in to see us because we have lovely memories of him looking fit and well. The children were so warm towards him. A lot of them had never actually met him before that day, but as soon as we said that Logan was coming in, their faces just lit up."

Logan's funeral takes place tomorrow (Saturday) at St Gerardine's High Church in Lossiemouth at 1pm. The family have asked that those attending wear bright colours, and there will be an opportunity to give donations at the service to Logan's Fund.

l.carter@northern-scot.co.uk

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