Sports Day 2008

Leavers say goodbye to their “new” Preschool

The most momentous year Winford Village Pre-school has ever seen drew to a close with it’s annual sports day and leaver’s ceremony on the last day of the summer term in July. No longer confined to the small garden at the back of the village hall, the pre-school was this year able to enjoy the ample space of the school field, yet another benefit of the wonderful new building that arrived in November 2007.

This year’s ‘graduates’, who are all going up to form the Reception Class at Winford CE Primary school, were the very first to enjoy the new pre-school building, situated in the primary school grounds, with many of them being present the day it finally arrived in last year’s summer holidays. To the children who will enjoy it’s benefits in the coming years it will simply be know as ‘pre-school’. But to this year’s leavers it will always be known as ‘The New Building’, and most are aware of how lucky they have been to be the very first to use it.

Sports Day itself was a great success, with the forecast rain managing to hold off – mostly – until much later in the day. All the children were rewarded with ice lollies and the leavers were presented with a selection of goodies and the traditional gift of the P.E bag they will use at ‘big school’. They all went home happy and excited and not the least bit worried about starting school in September, largely due to the great efforts made by Mrs Wendy of pre-school and Mrs Rigby of Reception, and the fact that they have been in school grounds since last November. The transition from pre-school to school has been the smoothest Winford as ever enjoyed, and we wish all the children the best of luck.