Grandparents Day is in its seventh year at Cranwell Primary School and saw around 300 grandparents visit on the last day of term to learn about the school lives of their grandchildren.

There were grandparents from Cornwall, Wales, Spain and Portugal arriving for the event which for many gives rise to an extended family weekend coinciding with the bank holiday.

Maurice Rushbrook from the school said parents are banned on the day, allowing grandparents to take centre stage, as many have never seen the inside of their grandchild's school.

They are met at the door by the children and given individual school tours.

There was lots to see including an artist making mosaics to be displayed at Lincoln castle, performance by the school choir and band and a mini concert by the Key Stage One pupils. They were even allowed to listen in on pupils' instrumental lessons in the library. The PTA put on refreshments.

The school choir has been invited to sing at the members day of the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance and wanted to take along a donation. So they set up a board with the shape of the air ambulance logo on it and collected £1 coins to cover the outline. The money will be presented to the charity when the choir does its performance.