Yesterday afternoon I posted a plea for some comments to be added to our Primary 7 Writing Blog. At the same time I faxed a number of local schools with a similar plea for help.

By 5 pm today, every post in the P7 blog had at least one comment and most had several. Where did all these comments come from? Not from our local schools - I hope that we’ll see some activity from them over the next few days - but from fellow bloggers out there who gave their time to add supportive, and often very perceptive, comments.

My thanks to a trio of regular Scottish bloggers who immediately rallied round - John, Ewan and Andrew. I think the mention on Ewan’s site probably brought in a number of overseas commentators from the USA and France. In particular, I’m indebted to Nancy McKeand from Louisiana who throughout the day posted no fewer than 17 comments!

This is a great example of how there is a real community spirit within the blogging fraternity. (Fraternity - is that politically correct?).

Thanks to everyone out there who helped. I’m looking forward to see how the kids react.