School of the Week

June 2007

Hello, we are going to tell you about our school's fundraising efforts for SCIAF during Lent.

To start off, we organised a bring 'n' buy / cake 'n' candy morning. The whole school came and it was really successful. We had a book stall, soft toy stall, games, a BIG raffle (loads of prizes) and guess the teddy bear's birthday. It was awesome! We added all the money up and it totalled £377. Our teachers organised someone from SCIAF to come to our school so we could present them with a cheque. Even our local newspaper came to interview us.
The two men from SCIAF also showed us a slideshow about the work of SCIAF and we were all quite astonished about the amount of work they do to help people. A few days later a lady from Fairtrade came to tell us about he organisation. She played games with us and told us how some people only get a little amount of money for their goods even though they've spent a long time making them.
What are we doing now? Well, all the classes are busy filling up their WEE BOXES and we've heard that some classes have already reached the target they'd set for the whole of Lent!
Soon the P7s will be having a sponsored silence for an hour. P7s stay quiet for an hour! Our teachers and parents have their doubts.
We hope you have enjoyed reading about St. Mary's and how our school always tries to help people in need around the world.