 When we wrote to every head teacher in Scotland, one response we didn’t anticipate was from Anne Matonti. Anne’s a head teacher sure enough, but not of
a primary or secondary. She’s in charge of 120 children aged between three and five at Bonnytoun Nursery School in Linlithgow.
She’s been following our appeal and came to the conclusion that age is no barrier when it comes to such a worthwhile cause.
Anne said, “Every year we choose a children’s charity to raise money for. We sat all the children down and asked them what they knew about hospitals. The answers were interesting to say the least!
“Anyway, we explained all
about Rachel House and the need to build a second children’s hospice. They were fascinated — probably because some of the children we spoke about were
the same age as them.
“All the pupils were encouraged to save their coppers and they brought them in and laid them out in the shape of a massive smiley face — the nursery’s logo.”
Plenty of mums were lined up to help with the counting — and the final total was a staggering
£229.49.
Anne added, “We were delighted. Everyone contributed, we set the display up outside and thankfully it was a wonderful sunny day. We all know how important it is that the new hospice gets built and I’m proud we’re able to help.”
How the West was fun
THE THANKS of The Sunday Post and CHAS go out to all who attended last Sunday’s performance of West Side Story
at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
The night was a sell-out and, once all the costs have been calculated, will have raised around £8000 for our appeal. It was a fantastic performance, with the talk in the foyer after the show filled with exclamations of surprise that all the players were actually still schoolchildren.
If you get a chance to see the students of the Dance School of Scotland performing at any time in the future, don’t ask what show it is they’re doing, just ask WHEN?
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Some of the Bonnytoun Nursery children with their penny mural.
