Friendship scheme

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The staff at Port St Mary School carefully planned a week that celebrated their link with Nepal, this was embraced with enthusiasm and

diligence by both staff and pupils. The week included a visit from Dhan Bahadur Chand

who spoke about his life in a hill village and in the Gurkhas, Dolma Sherpa a Nepali lady who made traditional Nepali food with the children a

talk from MHK Juan Watterson about his visit to Nepal and mountaineering instruction from Mr Mike Quayle who had climbed in the Everest

region. In addition to this the teachers had prepared exciting lessons that included learning about Nepali culture, geography, religion, music and

dance. An opportunity was also given for the staff and pupils to exchange messages via email with pupils to exchange messages via email with

pupils from their link school in Nepal.