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Marathon Runner Contributes Money Raised To Ceesay School

Friend of the school Ben Morris ran the Isle of Wight Marathon last month, raising over £1,000 in the process, which he has kindly donated to our Ceesay Nursery School building project. “I’m not a super keen runner so it takes something special to motivate me to get out there,” Ben told us. “I’ve beenContinue reading “Marathon Runner Contributes Money Raised To Ceesay School”

Running 10K for Ceesay Nursery School

Dawn Dobson, the treasurer for Ceesay Nursery School, is taking part in the Nike Women’s 10km race in London’s Victoria Park on Sunday 21st June. She is aiming to raise money to go towards the £20,000 needed for our project to build a modern, safe, well-equipped nursery school for the children at Ceesay Nursery School.Continue reading “Running 10K for Ceesay Nursery School”

Health and Community Education Initiative – Response to Ebola Threat

Although there are no known cases of Ebola in the Gambia, on September 7, before the new school term started, we held an Ebola Awareness and Prevention Community Day. The day was attended by the whole school community, including the teachers, parents, grandparents and other family members. We sent educational, factual information to Mr. Ceesay,Continue reading “Health and Community Education Initiative – Response to Ebola Threat”

Sponsored Walk: Crystal Palace to Streatham

Today was sunny, but the coldest day so far – freezing most of the day and the first day I really have felt the cold, despite wearing my rather unattractive Eskimo hat! I left behind Crystal Palace Park and headed again through suburban London towards Streatham. In the grounds of Norwood Grove, the building thatContinue reading “Sponsored Walk: Crystal Palace to Streatham”

Sponsored Walk: Grove Park to Crystal Palace

Today’s walk, between Grove Park and Crystal Palace, was the longest one, so that now I have completed it, I feel more confident that I will actually be able to complete this Capital Ring walk. One of the best bits was the discovery of a tranquilly sited bench at the end of Railway Children WalkContinue reading “Sponsored Walk: Grove Park to Crystal Palace”

Sponsored Walk: Falconwood to Grove Park

I had company walking today. I was joined by long-time friend and former colleague Charles Stobo (see image). This was a much shorter walk (only 4 miles) but especially interesting for me because of the company. My friend Charles is an absolute fount of knowledge on all things historical, particularly military history. Over the yearsContinue reading “Sponsored Walk: Falconwood to Grove Park”