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This week, Mr Warrilow, Mrs Crossley, Natalie Crouch and Sophie Le Breton leave for St Peter’s, Kubatana, our Jesuit sister school in Zimbabwe. Packed in their suitcases will be gifts of various things which are in short supply at the school, such as  first-aid materials, art equipment, and footballs. There is also a rugby shirt from each Playroom, signed by every pupil to show their friendship and solidarity: ‘Chirwirangwe’ means ‘Let us unite’ and is the name given to the Stonyhurst-St Peter’s partnership.

“We are really looking forward to seeing everyone at St Peter’s, especially as we were prevented from going last year by the risk of cholera and other factors,” said Paul Warrilow, who has been visiting Zimbabwe for a number of years. Sophie and Natalie will be working with some of the school's 1,200 pupils, who are aged between 3 and 18.

This year, each Playroom has linked up with a child at St Peter’s, and is raising money to pay for that child’s education, as well as exchanging letters and photographs.