I am writing concerning the front page story in this week's News - "Schoolkids clash in armed violence" Thank you for a very comprehensive report, but we are only talking about the minority of schoolchildren here.

Having in the last few weeks met some of the most delightful schoolchildren you could wish to meet, I thought it would only be fair to say not all schoolchildren are like the armed thugs you wrote about.

We recently organised a morning based on the Tudors, for Cradley Church of England Primary School. Also we had a visit from Rowley Regis College. Their comment was we would like to come again stating this was a better place than Warwick Castle, the teachers also said that they did not know there was such an interesting venue for school visits so close at hand.

We are seeking to make the Christian Heritage of our country known, in an interesting, educationally sound, and `hands on` way.

Ray Beckett