Pupils crack open new school building

9:07am Monday 24th March 2008

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After shelling out on a six figure development to extend its infants section, a top Fylde Coast school marked the occasion in cracking fashion, by smashing open a giant Easter egg.

Rossall School, Fleetwood allowed egg-static infant school head pupils, Jasmine Wright, seven, and Alexander Davidson, six, to bash at a 2ft tall solid chocolate confection, weighing in at a whopping 40lbs, to celebrate the opening of the new Infant school extension.

The new development has given the school 25 per cent greater capacity to cope with the surge in pupil numbers in the past 12 months.

Jasmine and Alexander starred with other infant pupils who paraded Easter bonnets before an invited audience of parents and teachers to celebrate the official launch, which followed nine months of construction work on site.

The new extension provides additional classrooms, a new library, changing, and additional toilet facilities for pupils.

The giant egg used for the opening was custom made for the event by specialist chocolatiers and following the opening has been donated to Derian House Children's Hospice, Chorley, for distribution among the children who are resident during the holiday period.

Rossall pupils each received individual Easter eggs to help celebrate, so that the giant egg could be put to good use elsewhere.

Rossall's head of juniors, Simon James believes that the new extended infant school is one of the best in the region.

He said: "The school's growing reputation dictated the building of such a large development to enable us to accept the numbers of new pupils now wishing to attend Rossall.

"Having 160-acres into which to expand is an obvious benefit when one has plans to grow.

"And, even with the new building we still have plenty of outside space for the children, so there was no compromise involved when we decided to add so much more new internal capacity.

"The result is a fantastic, spacious new facility, which will help us to cater for the increases in pupil numbers over the next few years."