Purple Pinkie Day 14th Feb 2014

Tomorrow is Purple Pinkie Day and we will be asking children to come to school in non-uniform. If they have something purple or pink to wear then that would be great, but not to worry if they havent!

On Friday 14th February we will be joining other schools in the Four Oaks Learning Trust for Excellence in taking part in the ’Purple Pinkie Day’ for Polio. The Rotary Club, one of our Trust partners, has asked up to promote this important cause. We will be asking children to wear a pink or purple top with their usual school trousers or skirt and to make a voluntary donation of £1 per family. If you haven’t got a purple or pink top (at a push ‘claret’ will be ok!) then nay item of purple or pink will be fine.

PolioPlus is the most ambitious programme in Rotary’s history, aimed at eradicating this dreadful disease which is still endemic in Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. The purple pinkie is a reference to the dye which is applied to the ‘pinkie’ (little finger) of children in India, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan when they have been given the polio vaccine under the Rotary International 'End Polio Now' Programme.