The pupils of St Gregory’s Catholic Primary school in Deepdale, Preston are our good friends across the miles.
They have supported Shalom Academy in a variety of ways over the years—from their Send a Friend to School initiative to topping up our school lunch programme (they bought a lot of beans and helped us plant fruit trees).
They are also keen letter writers to their pen friends in Irovo.
This year they decided to add a bit of colour to their pen friends’ letters by raising money for a sackful of crayons and coloured pencils (shown here with Vitalis and headteacher Mr Bondi).
One generous St Gregory’s pupil donated an unwanted gift of two battery-powered toy train sets. We set them up in the staff room and brought in the Shalom Academy pupils class by class. They then returned to their own classes and drew the train using the coloured pencils (this was the first time they had ever seen a train—real or toy).
