From West Pilton to Burma & Thailand

I've just had a chance to look at the blog from Sheila Laing, Head Teacher at Forthview Primary, about their link with a school on the Burma-Thai border. It's inspiring to see what Sheila and the school have been planning, in an initiative which began out of Edinburgh City Council's grant of the Freedom of the City to Aung San Suu Kyi (see right) back in 2004. I'm glad that the schools has had help through the government's International Development Department Global Exchange Scheme to make this happen. I've been encouraging local schools to take up this offer, and I'm glad that Forthview has already done so.