A MAGICAL musical garden was the centrepiece of an Alresford school's 40th birthday celebrations last Wednesday (April 23).
The garden at Sun Hill Infant School, which was officially unveiled by actor Jonathan Firth, a former pupil at the Sun Lane site, was designed to celebrate past and future generations of Alresford children.
Artists Lynne Whalen and Darcy Turner, together with the Hampshire Music Service, helped current pupils at the school design the facility. It is intended as an area where children can make music, it has drums, bells and chimes, and to read.
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The garden also includes a specially commissioned memorial sculpture of children playing and skipping, which was dedicated to pupils and staff who have died over the school's lifetime.
Around 100 past staff and pupils visited the school to view a large exhibition of photos and memorabilia before watching a demonstration of how a class would have been taught in the 1960s. The school's pupils then put on a presentation of news and events from the last four decades and a dramatic representation of St George and the Dragon.
Rosemary Waring Green, the school's assistant head teacher, said the celebrations were a "fantastic success". She added: "I know people thought it was an amazing day and celebrated what Alresford's community is all about.
"The town has not done something like this for quite a while. People were celebrating we're a special community and the school itself."
The celebrations continued into the weekend with 1,500 people attending a community fun day on Saturday (April 26). Around 40 organisations put on stalls and activities, including a two-hour display from the Wind Band of Perins School and singing and dancing from the town's infant and junior schools.
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