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After the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, our school has been linked to another school in Tamil Nadu, in SE India. The district had about 15,000 people dead and missing after the tidal wave hit. Since then, however, a programme of rebuilding and redevelopment has been undertaken. The village of Tharaganbadi lost 750 people - mostly children. The school in this village has about 300 pupils - making it a similar size to ours. Our deputy head has already been to the area and last week two women from the school in Tamil Nadu journeyed from the balmy Indian Ocean to the chilly North Sea. At the end of Lizzie and Ashoda's stay here, our school put on an evening of entertainment and home bakes.

Traditional Shetland music was played by our pupils and the staff helped out by providing masses of delicious home-bakes - including a cake baked by myself!!!

A collection was also held where staff, pupils and parents donated money that will go towards the cost of community minibus in Tharaganbadi.

After their debut at the evening, a group of our older pupils (see photo) will be playing before Prince Charles and Camilla, and Queen Sonja of Norway at the opening of the new Shetland Museum.