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Pupils pull together to help Haitians
8:10am Sunday 31st January 2010
PUPILS at the Downs School in Colwall are working together to help the victims of Haiti earthquake.
Children at the school's pre-prep department decided to contribute to the relief mission after a special assembly held this week.
Jill Walters, head of pre-prep, said: "The school is raising money for shelter boxes to be sent to Haiti. One of our parents, Sarah Grout, gave a very powerful assembly in which she demonstrated one of the shelter boxes and showed us all the useful things it contained.
"The pre-prep children talked among themselves and decided to have a suitcase sale, and since then, they've been emptying their bedrooms for things to sell. Their parents will be running a cake stall as well." The sale was held on Friday.
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From left, Jessica Vicker, aged five, Nicholas Wilson, five, Lottie Humphrey, six, and William Webster, aged seven, with one of the shelter boxes laid out.
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