Nor'West News: September 03, 2020
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> 3 <strong>2020</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Worry Dolls a special treat<br />
CHILDREN staying at the<br />
Ronald McDonald House<br />
were gifted with a special<br />
treat to help them get<br />
through their troubles due<br />
to an initiative by a group<br />
of year 2 pupils.<br />
The Selwyn House<br />
School’s unit of inquiry<br />
topic for the pupils was<br />
“Toys Through Time,”<br />
and as part of the “taking<br />
action” aspect of this<br />
inquiry, the girls created<br />
Worry Dolls for the young<br />
children who are unwell at<br />
the house.<br />
Each doll was hand-sewn<br />
and came in a gift bag with<br />
the name of the girl who<br />
made the doll and a special<br />
message for the recipient.<br />
“This Worry Doll was<br />
made with love and<br />
kindness especially for<br />
you. So when you’re feeling<br />
tired or sick or yucky tell<br />
your Worry Doll and know<br />
that someone else in the<br />
world is thinking of you<br />
and sending you love and<br />
aroha,” the message reads.<br />
Teacher Tara Hollings<br />
said the idea was generated<br />
by the pupils themselves.<br />
“We were talking with<br />
the pupils about their<br />
favourite toy and what<br />
COMFORT: Ronald McDonald House fundraising<br />
manager Regan De Burgh accepts the Worry<br />
Dolls from Selwyn House School year 2 pupil,<br />
Mia.<br />
made them so special,<br />
cuddly, soft, snuggly,” she<br />
said.<br />
“And then one little voice<br />
piped up wondering how<br />
it would feel if you didn’t<br />
have that when you were<br />
really sick. That is how the<br />
idea of the Worry Dolls<br />
was created.”<br />
Ronald McDonald<br />
House fundraising<br />
manager, Regan De Burgh,<br />
came to school to collect<br />
the dolls and the last thing<br />
the pupils did, as the dolls<br />
were put into the car, was<br />
to make a wish of wellness<br />
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and kindness to the<br />
children in hospital.<br />
“So much creativity and<br />
love went into making<br />
these dolls, from the pupils<br />
and from the parents and<br />
grandparents who gave<br />
their time to sit alongside<br />
the girls as they learnt to<br />
sew,” said Hollings.<br />
“It was lovely to see how<br />
proud the pupils were of<br />
their finished products, but<br />
the most rewarding part<br />
was knowing that what<br />
they had created was going<br />
to help cheer up another<br />
child.”<br />
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