By Alison Phillips Audience and Content Editor, Wiltshire Weeklies
From left, back row, Year 5 pupils Lexi, Nahid, Mrs Tawn, Tosia; front row, Mikolaj, Shahed and Frankie with some of the Christmas cards PUPILS at Newtown School in Trowbridge have been spreading Christmas cheer further and wider than usual this year. When they realised their annual carol singing trip to entertain the residents at Regal Court in Trowbridge would not be possible this year because of Covid restrictions, and the need to keep the old people safe, the school decided to send them all a home made Christmas card instead. We wanted to share our Christmas joy with them, explained deputy head Catherine Tawn. It s been a hard year for everyone.