The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
BRETTON BALLOON RACE
A white balloon released to celebrate the 10th birthday of Bretton Community PreSchool travelled all the way to the Netherlands!
Manager Kirstien Lipscombe couldn’t believe it when she received an email asking where Bretton was after the balloon travelled thousands of miles to far off Western Europe.
She said: “We received a call from Dogsthorpe and thoughtthatwasthefurthest. Butthenwehadanemailfrom the Netherlands. At first I thoughtitwasawind-up. Now weknowit’s true weare going to dosomethingwiththechildren about how far it went on its travels.”
The balloon release was part of a special party at the preschool in Watergall, Bretton to make the milestone birthday.
New Ark farm educational mobile farm in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire brought animals for the children to pet including hedgehogs, puppies, guinea pigs and rabbits and also gave the children pony rides. There was face painting, a bouncy castle and abuffet. Oneofthepre-school committee members made a special cake.
Kirstien, who has been manager for 16 years, and oversawthepre-school’smove from the Pyramid Centre to its new home in Watergall 10 years ago, added: “It was a really lovely day. The children had lots of fun and so did the adults. We invited Sue Pitcher to come along who was the headteacher of Watergall Schoolandreallyencouraged our move here. We also invited past chairmen of our committee. We are a charity run by a group of parents and volunteers andwereally wanted to celebrate our success over the years and create a fun experience for our children.”
Bretton Community PreSchool has 80 children aged two to four on roll. For more details call 01733 332344 or visit www.brettoncommunitypreschool.co.uk.