News Release

25th June 2004

RICHARD CROSSE PRIMARY, KINGS BROMLEY

Michael Fabricant today (Friday 24th June) visited Richard Crosse Church of England Primary School in Kings Bromley to answer questions from the 5th and 6th Year children as part of their citizenship classes. He later toured the School and saw their environmental area - and the baby frogs in the pond. The visit preceded their School Fun Day on Saturday.

Headteacher, Paul Lovern, said "Michael hadn't visited the School for 5 or 6 years. So we thought it was about time to put that right. In order to make our lessons more meaningful and interesting as part of our topic on citizenship, we decided to invite Michael to come to the School and talk about his life as an MP.

"The children were very excited about the prospect and set to devising as many difficult questions as they could. Michael had to endure far more searching questions than the Prime Minister does at Question Time in the House of Commons. A great afternoon was had by all!", Paul adds.

Michael says "I very much enjoyed the visit to the School, meet the children, and to see its fabulous new extension designed by a local architect. There is a lovely atmosphere at Richard Crosse and I can well understand why children attend the School from well outside the Kings Bromley area. The children were fantastic and asked very probing questions. I am very grateful to Mandy Cairns, their teacher, for organising my visit. I hope I will be invited again.

"In the meantime, I have invited Paul to arrange a school trip to let the children visit the Houses of Parliament for themselves."