A six-week-long summer school for 200 of the area's five-to 12-year-olds, held at St Stephen's primary school (pictured), continued meeting as conflicts broke out between local people and the 1,200 asylum seekers and refugees housed on the Sighthill estate. The area hit national headlines this month following the murder of a Kurdish man from Turkey.
Children from countries including Iraq, Turkey, Somalia and Afghanistan attended the summer club, which culminated in a celebratory family fun day last week. They have been taking part in activities from football and badminton to arts and crafts, photography and dancing.
Tina Suffredini, a local resident involved in running the Sighthill summer club, said, 'The whole summer club has been absolutely wonderful and there have been no problems even during the height of the racial troubles. Adults should certainly take a lesson from the children.
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