Posted: Thursday 9 December 2010
A star for Africa
Pupils in the Junior School were transported to another continent recently, to raise money to continue sponsorship of four children in the Mashimoni Squatters’ School in Kenya. As part of Africa Day, each child brought in money to buy a ‘visa', which allowed them to visit five or six different activities all related to Africa. These ranged from learning about mosquitoes to doing Zulu dancing, from taking part in experiments to see water purification at work to making tribal masks, from making flags to the little ones dancing as animals. The children were dressed in the colours of the Kenyan flag and the school was buzzing with excitement. The event raised the magnificent total of £613.69.
In a separate event, pupils brought in 50p coins, which were used to create an enormous star in the Margaret Harris Hall. £460 was raised at this collection.
The total will allow us to continue our sponsorship of pupils. To celebrate, each class has written to their linked class in Kenya and sent them a Christmas card.