Welcome Walk - Eilidh McFall

On the 8^th of September, the whole of Balwearie went on our second 5K walk to raise money for our school. When we done the walk 2 years ago we raised £12,000 and the school were aiming to raise around the same amount of money this time round. We knew it was going to be a challenge but we were more than willing to do it all again because it was so much fun the first time and was a great time having the whole school together.

 

In the morning, my Cape Town citizenship class and the Global Citizenship helped Mr McGuckin count the sponsorship money. When all the classes around the school had brought their money down to the library, the piles of money was surreal. It made me feel so grateful that all the speaking about the difference it made to Welcome Primary got through to people and people were willing donate for the walk. After all the money was counted, we went with Mr McGuckin to set out the course in the park and got to drive around on golf buggies with the teachers. When we finished setting up, we made our way back to the school to meet the first house and begin the walk.

 

 

On the walk there were so many people dressed up. Robyn, James, Benjamin, Cali, Kelsey, Nik and I dressed up in Hawaiian outfits! There were also people dressed up as ‘Where’s Wally?’, superheroes and there was even someone dressed up as a hot dog. It was great afternoon and all of the teachers and pupils got really into the activites and made the most of the afternoon. What I really loved was that the whole school was together to continue on our difference made to the school in South Africa and it was also a good way to bring all of our school together.