by Alan Smith

ajsmith@thekmgroup.co.uk

Two teaching staff at Boughton Monchelsea Primary School enjoyed their visit to Buckingham Palace for a garden party with the Queen so much that they held another at the school to thank the pupils that sent them there.

Two pupils at the school, brother and sister, Maddy and Max Brace, started the ball last November when they wrote to The Queen and to Prime Minister David Cameron telling them how wonderful their reception teacher Sarah Clark and her teaching assistant Janice Peters were.

The youngsters were delighted to receive a letter back from the Queen’s Lady in Waiting and Mr Cameron’s office - and Mrs Peters and Mrs Clark were even more delighted when a little later they received an invitation to the Queen’s Garden party “for services to the community.”

Mrs Peters, who has been at the school 15 years, took her daughter Louisa Morris with her, while Mrs Clark, with nearly four years at the school, took her husband Mike.

Mrs Peters said: “It was fantastic. It was such a lovely, lovely atmosphere and we felt so important walking through the palace on a red carpet.
“The Queen, Prince Philip and Princess Anne were all there.”

Back at school the children were entranced with tales of their visit, so the school held its own garden party, with children making crowns for the occasion and plenty of bunting.