Dersingham Infant and Nursery School. The Day Her Majesty The Queen Visited Our School

Above: Dersingham School

On Monday 6th February 2012, the 60th (Diamond) anniversary of the day the Queen came to the throne, she chose to come and visit our school!

We only had two weeks notice and worked hard at learning songs to go with a short play about how the world has changed over the last sixty years. The areas we considered included technology, fashion and the environment.

It was an exciting day. We all made a special effort to get to school looking our best even though we had to trudge through the snow!

On the day, the whole school was searched by security Police and we particularly enjoyed watching the sniffer dogs doing their work.

The Queen was due to arrive just before our normal lunch time so we all had a bacon roll for brunch and had an inside ‘street party' lunch when the visit had finished.
The Queen arrived to loud cheers from children from our local Junior school, St George's, and other well wishers. She came into every classroom and looked at the different activities in each room. She talked with all the Teachers and Teaching Assistants. She was very smiley.

We put on our production about changes over the last 60 years. The Queen seemed to enjoy it. She clapped at the end of our songs. Children from each class gave her presents - a book of our work, a picture with photos from our school, a book of Diamond Jubilee Dress designs made from recycled materials, a sun catcher and a posy of flowers. Her Majesty then unveiled a plaque to commemorate her visit. We did ‘Three Cheers' as she left and she turned and waved to us all. The Queen told our Headteacher that she had enjoyed our play and said, ‘Well done!'

Outside, the Queen spoke to some of the children from
St. George's School before she left in a Range Rover.

Here are some comments about the day from some of our Year 2 children:-

Harvey -‘I liked the singing'

Ethan -‘One of the sniffer dogs nipped my toe!'

Hannah -‘The Queen wore a blue hat.'
            ‘ I liked going on the stage and singing.'

Eve - ‘She was really pretty.'
        ‘She was kind and wore high heels.'
        ‘She was interested in what we were doing.'

The children also said that they were ‘scared on the stage', ‘nervous', ‘proud that she visited' and found it ‘exciting.'