Past pupils will return to their infant school this week to celebrate its 132-year history before the bell rings for the last time.
St Anne’s Church in Wales Infant school in Roath, Cardiff, will hold an Open Afternoon on Friday (June 24) to mark its closure at the end of the summer as part of Cardiff Council’s school reorganisation plans.
Past pupils, teacher and governors are invited to join in the tea and see an exhibition of the school’s archives. It is hoped two of the oldest surviving pupils – both of whom are nearly 100 – will also be able to make it on the day and help cut the celebratory cake. Also among the guests will be two former pupils from 70 years ago who became childhood sweethearts and are still married.
The exhibition will show photographs, log books, certificates, the original plans of the school and additions to it over the years, inspectors’ reports, registers, punishment books, savings campaign certificates from WWII, a record of the centenary celebrations for the school in 1979, community projects and awards to the school.
St Anne’s Church in Wales Infant School in Roath opened as Crofts Street National School in April 1879. It became St Anne’s C/W Primary School in 1949 and St. Anne’s C/W Infant School in September 1954. It will close at the end of this academic year and a decision about the future of the building will be made by Llandaff Diocese.
