New facilities at Bildeston Primary School officially opened.

A happy afternoon was spent in Bildeston yesterday where I attended the official opening of the school’s newly installed outdoor activity equipment, pictured above.

Some £20,000 has been raised in record time by parents and children from a number of local Sponsors, including my predecessor Jeremy Pembroke, and the money has been very well spent.  In addition to the run of exciting equipment seen above,  a tyre crocodile, outdoor seating and an outdoor classroom have all been installed in the lovely playing field adjacent to the school.

While we enjoyed the April sunshine, the equipment was officially opened at a ribbon cutting ceremony presided over by a slightly belated Easter Rabbit, brandishing a huge set of golden shears.

The children are clearly very excited about their new apparatus, and wasted no time in showing it off to the assembled visitors who included representatives from a number of the sponsoring organisations.  The names of the sponsors are recorded for posterity on an elegant plaque attached to the new classroom.