Some generous gifts at Christmas meant we were able to commission a local carpenter to make 35 new chairs for our Early Years unit.

He used local hard wood – and here are three to see.

Gift & Luckwell, our drivers & maintenance staff, sealed and prepared them.

And then painted them in four colours so the children could work in groups. There was enough spare paint for them to paint the tables and poles as well.

When children started to return for the new school year, and our littlest learners were very excited to see them and sit on them.

Ours were not the only excited children. We gave all our old chairs to a community school which has no chairs, where all the children have to sit on the floor to learn – so this was a step forward for them too.