St. Dunstan Church of England Primary School celebrated the opening and dedication of its new £300,000 building with a balloon race involving the children.

The new building links the infants and the primary school together as well as providing a new entrance hall.

To celebrate, every child had a balloon with a tag on it and they are now waiting for people to post the tag back. There's a prize for the child whose balloon goes the furthest and for the person who sends the tag back.

Head teacher, Mary Smith, said it was a wonderful party: "It was splendid and we have already had balloons come back from Wales and Cumbria and we are hoping for more.

"We had a super turnout from parents and they must have cooked about 1,000 fairy cakes.

"The balloons are now coming back from all over. The children love it."

The building was formally opened and dedicated by the Bishop of Ramsbury, The Right Rev Peter Hullah, with another 150 guests joining the 500 schoolchildren.

Bob Wolfson, Director for the Department of Children's Education in Wiltshire, cut a specially prepared cake, which was shaped like the school, and Calne Mayor Carol O'Gorman released the balloons.

Coun O'Gorman said: "It came over that the children were so proud for their school and the children and the staff had worked together and I was honoured to be part of that day."

St. Dunstan School took part in another festival on October 9 after a day of teaching by internationally acclaimed composer Alastair King as part of the Calne Music and Arts Festival.

Deputy head teacher Mary Pope said: "We worked with Alastair King in school on some compositions with percussion instruments. The children from St. Dunstan and Fynamore performed their Rainforest compositions separately and they were really excited. Marden House was packed so it was really good."