The Flat Stanley story has been read and used as a stimulus for Big Writing activities for the Infant pupils at Ashfield Primary School this term.  There was great excitement as the P2,3,4 pupils took their Flat Stanleys to the Lochgilphead Sorting Office on Tuesday 23^rd October.  The pupils were keen to find out how their Flat Stanley letters had travelled from the post-box in Achnamara village to their homes.  Each Flat Stanley had many adventures at the homes of the children and they kept a diary of the various activities.
At the Sorting Office,   Mr. MacLean was waiting ready to show the children the different areas in the Sorting Office and what happened to letters at each stage of sorting.  Pupils made notes about all the information they heard and asked many questions.  They found out: the strangest parcels dealt with have been unusually shaped pieces of large driftwood;  the Sorting Office uses a LOT of elastic bands each year- 500,000; most Postmen have a supply of dog biscuits in their vans in case of unfriendly dogs!  The Posties’ bicycles are being decommissioned and are to be sent to Africa because bikes are no longer to be used in Lochgilphead.
The children listened carefully and with great interest to Mr. Maclean.  They all enjoyed the outing to the Sorting Office and returned to school keen to share their experience.