The Malagiri School

Fund-raising event at Pangdean

The Malagiri Committee organised a fundraising event that was held in the beautiful Pangdean Farm garden. Guests enjoyed a glorious evening of sunshine, accompanied by wonderful food and delightful musical interludes. There were plenty of unusual gifts for purchase too. The event raised the amazing total of £2,800 – a superb achievement that will make…

Yubraj, the head teacher, with a group of children lined up in front of him

Fundraising for a very important visitor

We’re really excited that the Head Teacher of the Malagiri School, Yubraj, will be coming to visit the University of Brighton in October. Yubraj, in the picture above with some of his pupils, has been invited by the Malagiri committee and will spend time with staff and students at the University’s School of Education. We’re…

Class one writing about their future aspirations

Great Expectations

Yubraj (headteacher), teaches the oldest children in the school – class one. They are busy preparing for the next stage in their education. Here, they are taking some formal tests (rather like SATs in the UK). The children have been thinking about their futures and they have great expectations. Here, three members of the class…

Yubraj and pupils wearing celebratory costumes

Special festivities recently celebrated by the Malagiri School pupils

The Sonam Loser (New Year) festivities, celebrated by the Tamang people, are said to have originated from Tibet. To mark this special occasion, the teachers and cooks prepared some traditional Khapsi biscuits for all the children. Many of the pupils wore special costumes, bought by their parents, and performed intricate and exquisite dances. This event…

Christmas Fund Raising Event

On December 8th, School of Education staff held a Christmas Fair to raise funds for the Malagiri School. A number of talented staff made gorgeous, seasonal crafts – including beautiful lanterns made by the design and technology department. A superb range of gifts were also donated for the raffle. Students and staff enjoyed sampling some…

Autumn in Malagiri

Recent news from Malagiri conveys a very positive and settled picture. Now that the colder weather is coming to the village, the daily hot meal is even more important for the children’s health. The menu is generally traditional variations on dhal, rice or freshly made flat bread and vegetables with the occasional addition of meat…

Happy Children’s Day

The new academic year has started happily at Malagiri school. This year has seen an increased intake of younger children bringing the number enrolled to 71. There is now a playgroup for the youngest who will progress to the nursery next year. For the first three months the nursery teacher will have a support assistant…

Happy days in Malagiri

The rainy season has started in Malagiri – this is of course very important for farming. Thankfully there are also dry times and the children can enjoy sports. There are not many level spaces in Malagiri and so the school playground is a wonderful resource. For the new young children there is always plenty of…

Exciting News

After two years of Covid travel restrictions, during which time no westerners could visit Malagiri, at last travellers arrived at the school and what a welcome they had with great celebrations. The Malagiri community and the school looked joyful and full of colour, music played, staff and children danced as you can see in our…