SANDFORD School was pleased to receive recently a card from HM the Queen to thank the pupils and Sandford Parish for the bumper card it sent, signed by all the pupils at the school, on the occasion of her 90th birthday.

The card read: “I send you my grateful thanks for the kind words you have sent to me on the occasion of my 90th birthday.”

Malcolm Vallance, Sandford Parish Clerk, described it as a “lovely letter” and thanked all those who took part in the joint effort between Sandford Parish Council and Sandford School to send the card.

All the children took part in a competition to design the front cover of the card and the winning entry was the one used.

Alan Quick