Schools/colleges

Children at Buckland Primary School in Laleham did their bit for the Help for Heroes (H4H) charity with their mufti day on Friday November 7 and raised about £240.

The pupils at the Berryscroft Road School - aged between four and 11 - all wore an item of red clothing to school to correspond with the colour of poppies, the emblem for Remembrance Sunday, and donated £1 each to the charity, which supports service men and women who are wounded during their tour of duty.

Laleham Primary School is set for a facelift after planning permission was granted for a new entrance, reception and offices.

The single-storey extension to the 1960s building will see a new disabled entrance installed and the floor space increase by 115sqm.

The school in the Broadway needs the extra space to deal with overcrowding in its administration offices and the new entrance to make it easier for disabled people and parents with prams to get into the building.

The application was submitted to Spelthorne Council in September and planning officers gave the project the go-ahead last week.

Green-fingered children at Buckland Primary School were busy planting bulbs as part of a Big Green Day on Monday October 20.

The Staines school also hosted a green poetry competition, a school litter pick, a recycled materials art, an eco fashion show and other gardening.

Year 6 pupils from Laleham Church of England School danced the night away at their end of school disco after arriving in style.

Many of the children chose to arrive at the disco, at Laleham Village Hall, in style, including Emily Hale, who arrived in a convertible Ferrari and others who turned up in a big American truck.

Reception pupils from Buckland Primary School in Laleham got a taste of life on the farm on Thursday.

Pupils from Buckland Primary School, Laleham, pored over books during a visit to Books Etc in Staines on Thursday last week.

Children from Buckland Primary School in Laleham were in a make-believe world when they made their regular visit to Books Etc in Staines.