Wow, what a day! We started the day with KS2 being joined by Mr Richens and Mr Bryant to learn about the different flags and standards that we see so often before raising our coronation flag on the village green. We then set about praying for good weather over lunchtime.

With the rain staying just over the horizon, the tables were out for our playground coronation party. We were lucky to be led in our National Anthem by some amazing musicians from Sherborne Girls who then continued playing over lunchtime. Thank you so much for your time and effort - it made our lunchtime so special.

With a few specks of raining falling, we moved to the hall for a musical interlude with a sneak preview of KS2's summer performance of Annie, an excellent rendition of The Lord's My Shepherd, and then an incredible re-enactment of the coronation from Hedgehog Class - they acted out their parts so well and remembered their lines brilliantly (including some very tricky words, including sceptre and monarch!).

As has become tradition at these sorts of events, country dancing and maypole dancing followed, with everyone enjoying clapping along and dancing with huge smiles on their faces.

The day finished with the children being presented with a badge commemorating the coronation, before we headed outside to plant a horse chestnut tree (planted by our oldest and youngest children).

Thank you to Mr and Mrs Casely for kindly donating the horse chestnut tree, to Sherborne Girls for your fantastic music, and to the ever-incredible Friends of Trent School for everything they did to make the day success!