The pictures which Faith Riunga sent us yesterday have brought home the full reality of life for the Sanga community. It was perfect timing too, on the day when we had our simple lunch and a mufti day to continue the push for funds.

The generosity of All Hallows parents and friends is amazing. C Col tells me this morning that we have already "sold" 21 desks and over 50 pencil cases...thats's almost £1000.00 raised since our appeal started.
Jack F-R, Justina A and Miles H have been packing our second Sanga bag this morning: more clothes, including some baby things from Maria, lots of numeracy and literacy games including some laminated work from MG's ICT class (I'll find out which one later so that they can be publicly thanked here on the blog). Josh B very kindly checked the measurements of the enormous hockey-kit bag...with luck we'll only have to pay the excess baggage fee and not the oversize penalty.
Open Day is just drawing to a close and All Hallows has been buzzing with visitors and visiting fixtures parents (including some from my old stamping ground at Hazlegrove). The school looks at its best and all the children I've come across have been on good form...Alvaro and Borja very interested in why my hands were so dirty earlier, Phoebe and Mag bouncy after their netball win and Isabel J focused on her singing when I popped my head round the door to say good morning to MR. All these little human interactions (and there must be ten thousand of them every day in a school of our size) give character and colour to our wonderful school. I wonder how things will compare at Sanga?