Having Wokingham lunch sunny-side up at Radstock Primary!
Wokingham Lunchtimes will be full of sunshine at Radstock Primary School thanks to the school’s new alfresco café, which opened on Tuesday after months of planning.
Youngsters will now be tucking into delicious meals while appreciating the great outdoors after The Sunshine Café officially dished up its first feast on Tuesday (June 10).
To celebrate the courtyard style café being opened special guests were invited to lunch on Tuesday, including Wokingham Borough Mayor, Cllr Pauline Helliar-Symons, who officially opened the café, parents, governors, representatives from school meals catering contractor Edwards and Ward and Wokingham Borough Council, plus children from nearby nurseries.
After successfully bidding for funds from Wokingham Borough Council, to enhance the dining environment for youngsters, The Sunshine Café was developed by children from Radstock Primary School, in Lower Earley, as part of its silver jubilee celebrations.
The school council discussed ideas for the courtyard and selected a design. To engage the whole school in the project all pupils were invited to vote for a name for the café – they selected The Sunshine Café.
The school’s gardening club has brightened up the new dining area with beautiful blooms in hanging baskets and tubs – cultivated from their own green fingers plus a generous donation of a dragonfly flagstone from nearby garden centre Country Gardens, is also sitting proudly in the café to match the school’s dragonfly emblem.
When the café is not in use throughout the winter months it will be used as an outdoor classroom for pupils.
Headteacher of Radstock Primary School, Drusilla Derrick, said: “We only have a very small eating area in school and so being able to eat and enjoy their school dinners outside in such a pleasant environment is really good for the children. They are so positive about the whole dining experience and it was all their own idea!”
Cllr Norman Jorgensen, executive member for Wokingham children’s services, added: “I’m pleased that the children at Radstock Primary School got involved in the design and creative process of the new café.
“It’s a great idea to have an outside eating area as it provides children with a bright and colourful environment to enjoy their lunch and a breath of fresh – which research suggests helps children learn much more effectively.”
Mayor of the Wokingham Borough, Cllr Pauline Helliar-Symons, who opened the café and joined the children for lunch, added: "The original idea for using the space in this clever way came from a pupil. The school council has done an excellent job of designing and naming the café, and the hanging baskets the gardening club had planted looked superb. It is a colourful and attractive area and children for years to come will enjoy what these youngsters have created. There has also been a great deal of support from governors and parents."
Youngsters will now be tucking into delicious meals while appreciating the great outdoors after The Sunshine Café officially dished up its first feast on Tuesday (June 10).
To celebrate the courtyard style café being opened special guests were invited to lunch on Tuesday, including Wokingham Borough Mayor, Cllr Pauline Helliar-Symons, who officially opened the café, parents, governors, representatives from school meals catering contractor Edwards and Ward and Wokingham Borough Council, plus children from nearby nurseries.
After successfully bidding for funds from Wokingham Borough Council, to enhance the dining environment for youngsters, The Sunshine Café was developed by children from Radstock Primary School, in Lower Earley, as part of its silver jubilee celebrations.
The school council discussed ideas for the courtyard and selected a design. To engage the whole school in the project all pupils were invited to vote for a name for the café – they selected The Sunshine Café.
The school’s gardening club has brightened up the new dining area with beautiful blooms in hanging baskets and tubs – cultivated from their own green fingers plus a generous donation of a dragonfly flagstone from nearby garden centre Country Gardens, is also sitting proudly in the café to match the school’s dragonfly emblem.
When the café is not in use throughout the winter months it will be used as an outdoor classroom for pupils.
Headteacher of Radstock Primary School, Drusilla Derrick, said: “We only have a very small eating area in school and so being able to eat and enjoy their school dinners outside in such a pleasant environment is really good for the children. They are so positive about the whole dining experience and it was all their own idea!”
Cllr Norman Jorgensen, executive member for Wokingham children’s services, added: “I’m pleased that the children at Radstock Primary School got involved in the design and creative process of the new café.
“It’s a great idea to have an outside eating area as it provides children with a bright and colourful environment to enjoy their lunch and a breath of fresh – which research suggests helps children learn much more effectively.”
Mayor of the Wokingham Borough, Cllr Pauline Helliar-Symons, who opened the café and joined the children for lunch, added: "The original idea for using the space in this clever way came from a pupil. The school council has done an excellent job of designing and naming the café, and the hanging baskets the gardening club had planted looked superb. It is a colourful and attractive area and children for years to come will enjoy what these youngsters have created. There has also been a great deal of support from governors and parents."
Wokingham Borough Council
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