D-Day veteran and Ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial, Ken Hay, 98, who served with the 4th Dorset Regiment, speaks to children during a visit to Rush Green Primary School in Dagenham, England, Monday May 20, 2024, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings
Pupils at a primary school in Romford have been rewarded with their own personal watches for learning how to tell the time.
Year 3 pupils at Rush Green Primary School, in Dagenham Road, have been presented with a watch to wear to school each day to “re-enforce their knowledge of time”.
Children enjoyed a school sports festival arranged for them by college students.
The four-day event is now an annual fixture on the calendar for Rush Green Primary School, arranged by students at Barking and Dagenham College opposite.