TENS of thousands of pounds have been invested into a Southampton school to bring the classrooms into the future.
Mason Moor Primary School in Southampton had not been revamped or refurbished for 15 years.
But now, primary-age children in the Millbrook area are reaping the benefits of a £150,000 investment, which is inspiring, engaging, and instilling pride in pupils.
It has seen interactive whiteboards added to every classroom in the school, along with laptops for students to use in lessons.
The school has also introduced new virtual reality (VR) headsets to engage children in learning.
It gives students to chance to "step out" of the classroom and immerse themselves into the subjects they are learning about. These include history, English, and science.
Pupils have all been given a new backpack or book bag with the school's new logo.
The school has also hosted its first-ever residential trips for children with some visiting London Zoo and others taking a trip to the theatre.
Year 5 students Ingrid, Cody and Josh, all aged nine, told our reporter what they liked the most about school.
Ingrid said: I like art because it gives me a chance to be creative and it is really fun."
Cody said: "I like computers because you get to play games and I have learned lots about safety online."
Josh added: "I like P.E because you get to be outside and run around."
Daniel Constable-Phelps has been involved with Mason Moor for the last 12 months, and officially took over as headteacher in September.
He is also the head of St Mary's Church of England VC Primary School, and the two schools have merged.
He said: "None of the classrooms has interactive whiteboards so teachers were not able to link video or writing on a board into what they were doing.
"So the first thing we did was install a fully interactive screen into each classroom in the school.
"For Black History Month, children have been trying to understand when racism started, so within our history curriculum, we teach Year 5 children about slavery.
"We turned the history curriculum on its head, so rather than boring them with World War Two, we explore things that are personal to them.
"Our community is changing really quickly, so we have gone from having hardly any EAL children (children whose first language is not English) to all of our new entrees in the last few weeks being overseas children.
"It's really important that they see somebody who represents them in our teaching."
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