Me and Brandonlee sold hefty ribbons in the cafe, Ms Laing!

What an exciting day P6/7 have had. We all went to City of Edinburgh Council's HQ to see the Aung San Suu Kyi portrait and to meet the new Director of Children and Families, Mrs Gillian Tee. The children told her all about Forthview's link with Hle Bee and about the plight of the people and the monks of Burma. Today Aung San Suu Kyi has been imprisoned for a total of 12 years.

And then they began to sell their ribbons, which sold and sold and sold out .... At one point, the children were all shouting, "Ms Laing, Ms Laing, 4 more and it's £200!" Then we sold the 200th ribbon of the day and we all clapped the poor man who bought it. Back at school, they counted the money they made for Hle Bee £444! 'Pure hefty ribbons indeed!'

This morning great news came. DR THEIN LWIN'S UK VISA WAS GRANTED and we must thank Mark Lazarowicz, Forthview's MP, who worked so hard to help resolve the issue with Thein Lwin's visa. Thein Lwin arrived tonight at 6pm, just in time to speak at a cross-party meeting about Burma at the Scottish Parliament. It was so good to hear him.

Welcome to Scotland Dr Thein Lwin.