Sonrise celebrates 10 years

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Kingdom Kids Trust board chairwoman Caroline Cave and trustee Deryk Jenson with pupils Rees Carmichael, Ariella Carmichael, Te Koha Morrell-Manuel, Aotearoa Yuile, Mana Batisaresare and Lann Takoko cutting the cake to celebrate Sonrise Christian Pre-school's 10th anniversary. Picture by Rebecca Grunwell

Children, parents and teachers at Sonrise Christian Pre-School have celebrated an “absolutely wonderful” 10th birthday.

This month marks a decade of operation for the pre-school and the milestone was marked this week with a fun day of pony rides, bouncy castle fun and, of course, cake.

Kingdom Kids and Education Trust board chairwoman Caroline Cave praised the work of Alison and Ken McFarlane who allowed the land in Nelson Road to be used for the pre-school.

“It was their vision to have a pre-school here . . . they had the land and we brought the teachers.”

Since it opened in 2010, the pre-school has had a roll of 37 children, ranging in age from 2 to 5 years.

Mrs Cave said it was “absolutely wonderful” to celebrate a decade of having a Christian pre-school in the area.