‘WHEN Abbotsmead Infant School pupils do something, they do it together,’ reported The Mail in January 1994.
More than 50 pupils from the Barrow school had joined the Mail’s 5-13 Club.
Under the headline ‘Mail’s club is top of the class!’, the newspaper reported that Jenny Donnelly, who ran the children’s club, had gone to the school to meet the youngsters and give out membership cards and badges to the new members.
OFFICE: Daniel Wilson, Stacey Jones and Carl Craig during a visit by Abbotsmead Infant School pupils to the sorting office in Barrow in 1994
The children, who were all aged between six and seven years, were pupils in the school’s Busy Bees, Ladybirds and Butterflies classes.
The Mail’s photographer Jennifer Caine was on hand to record the youngsters’ big day.
Meanwhile, in February 1994, The Mail reported how Abbotsmead Infant School pupils were helping to get the mail out on time when they made a special visit to the Barrow sorting office.
As part of a special project, the Barrow children had been learning how to write and address letters correctly.
The trip to the post office and its small museum helped illustrate how the system worked and why correct addresses were so important.
They were shown what a postman did and some children helped with the sorting.
POST: Postman John Mease had plenty of help during a visit by Abbotsmead Infant School pupils to the sorting office in Barrow in 1994
They also franked letters and sent some of their own through the system at different postal rates to find out how long they took to arrive.
Headteacher Yvonne Wearing said: “The children have been sorting letters to people and asking how long they take to arrive.
"We have had people popping into school all the time thanking us for our letters. The postmen were wonderful with the children.
"The children got a lot out of it. You can teach them about alphabetical order but they don't understand why it is important until they can actually see it in use".
SCHOOL: Production director Doug Mackay presents £250 from The Mail’s charitable trust to Abbotsmead Infant School pupils Michael Anderson and Annie Catherine Smith with headteacher Yvonne Waring in 1993. The money would help fund a
The three classes which made up year two visited the sorting office over three days.
The Ladybird class, the Butterflies and the Busy Bees visited on different days.
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