Greystoke’s Got Talent

Last Friday the children came to school dressed in yellow or spots and donated a variety of wonderful cakes to sell during break-time in order to raise money for Children in Need. We are delighted to share that we concluded the day with a fundraising total of £215- isn't that amazing!

Today we welcomed a representative from PovertySwap (a charity which supports impoverished people in Ethiopia as well as Nepal). The charity renovated a derelict building in Ethiopia in 2013, turning it into a school very similar size to ours. It later added a nursery block and in 2019 it opened a primary school with £15,000-worth of support from West Cumbrian people.
Some of the challenges young people face there were explained : these included; a fee to attend school that only some can afford, lack of school equipment and the added complication of different languages being spoken.