Bracknell

Pupils at Birch Hill Primary school, Bracknell are getting active thanks to the presentation of sports equipment from Sainsbury's in Bagshot Road, Bracknell last Thursday (12th January).

The new sports stock for the Bracknell Forest Borough Council school includes balls for different sports, goal posts, cones, plastic rings, bounce and co-ordination equipment, foam mats, hockey sticks and much, much more.

It was all made possible by parents, friends and pupils at the school collecting Active Kids vouchers issued to shoppers at Sainsbury's stores when they spent over a certain amount of money. The school managed to collect more than 95,000 vouchers.

Cllr Mrs Jacqui Ryder, the Mayor of the Borough of Bracknell Forest, was on hand to help distribute the sports equipment amongst pupils at the school last week and even joined in on a few sports orientated fun and games.

Alan Harding, Headteacher at Birch Hill Primary School, Bracknell said: "We have been so fortunate in collecting so many Active Kids vouchers from Sainsbury's and now it has really paid off. We will have many years of use of all the new equipment and we will be able to introduce a lot of new sports and activities to the children which should be exciting."

Cllr Mrs Ryder said: "Birch Hill School, with the help of parents, families and friends, collected the highest number of vouchers throughout the whole country. This was fantastic, and just goes to prove what can be done when a community, such as Birch Hill, works together on a project.

"The pupils will have many hours of fun making use of all the new stock and it will be even better in the summer when the athletics equipment can be put to use."

Bracknell Forest Borough Council