School received a cheque today for £256.91 for The Canberra Club based at BAE's site in Samlesbury. he Samlesbury Sports and Social Association have a regular charity collection and Balderstone School were this years nominees. We are very grateful for this donation and we hope to spend the money on some resources for our new wildlife area.

We have close community links with BAE Systems, Samlesbury.

Through their community scheme they have provided volunteers to carry out a wealth of different jobs in school.

During the Summer holidays their volunteers spent a week in school, decorating the school hall as well as carrying out all the jobs on the list below:

Decorated the school hall and toilet

Painted the staff toilet

Painted the teacher’s entrance area

Scraped and cleaned the classroom windowsills

Painted new notice boards

Weeded the vegetable patches

Weeded the school area

Weeded the edge of the church car park

Painted all fences and gates

Painted 3 picnic benches

Painted seat bench

Painted the wooden gate, outside classroom

Cleaned the Reception play area and rebuilt the play equipment

Weeded the play ground and the veranda

Cleaned out the front gutters of school

Washed down and mopped the school hall and kitchen area

Helped put back the blinds and notice boards in the hall

Wiped down the library

Hoovered the Library and Teacher’s Staff Room

Cleaned and tidied the Teacher's Staff Room

Wiped down all windows on the inside

Helped put all equipment back in the main hall

We said thank you to BAE, Paul Cryer the decorators and Emcor who provided the scaffolding in a special assembly on the 30th September.