Mary Reid

I was invited to a French Breakfast today - croissant, coffee and entertainment from the boys of Surbiton Prep School.

The Year 6 boys, resplendant in bow ties, acted as waiters and spoke to the gathered parents very politely in French. Then we enjoyed songs and short scenes from all the classes, all in French. It was a fun way for the pupils to practise their language skills. Here are some of them singing to us all.

Later in the day I took Ethelred to St Mary's Primary, Chessington, where he helped to open up the conversation with the School Council. They then got down to business asking me about the job of Mayor. As usual I challenged them to think about ways in which the area where they live could be improved and to email me with ideas.

Then off to the ICT suite, which has been very generously upgraded by The Accessory People and supported by Business IT. There was nothing for me to safely cut, by way of an opening ceremony, so I just thanked people and declared it operational (which it has been for some time, anyway!)

Finally Ethelred met the whole school at Assembly which gave me an opportunity to tell the children a little bit about Kingston's history.