KENYAN visitors were overwhelmed by the welcome they received at Egerton Primary School in Knutsford.

Thomas Momanyi and Daniel Mukei took part in a variety of activities during their visit, including teaching the choir to sing The Egerton Schools’ Anthem.

The children were taught the anthem at a special choir event which raised £176 for the Egerton Schools’ Foundation.

Daniel is the deputy head teacher at Egerton Primary in Njoro, the Knutsford primary school’s sister school in Kenya, and the visit was his first to the UK.

Thomas is the school’s music teacher, and had composed the anthem for the Egerton choir.

“Thomas shared a film showing all aspects of life at their school, including the children arriving at 7am, PE lessons, skipping and an ICT lesson using the 10 laptops they received from Barclays,” said head teacher Alison Hooper.

“They exchanged letters and art work from their children, and are taking replies and other pieces of art work from our children back with them.

“They were very impressed with the number of loom band bracelets the children made as a gift of friendship for every child in their school, and at the farewell assembly the children shared all they had learned, the choir sang and gifts were exchanged.”

Mrs Hooper said Thomas and Daniel presented the school with “the most wonderful” painting depicting the “Big 5” animals and the Egerton School Foundation’s logo, which the school is to frame for display in the hall.

“They were overwhelmed by the warm welcome they received from parents, and asked me to convey their sincere thanks to the parents,” she added.

“Parents do not visit their school unless they are specifically asked to attend a meeting – they simply live too far away.”

The visit was made possible thanks to a grant from The Tatton Trust and funding raised by the Egerton Schools’ Foundation.

The next visit of Egerton teachers to Kenya is not planned to take place until February 2016.

If anyone would like to support the foundation or to make a donation please contact the chairman of the trustees, Debbie Thompson, at admin@egerton.cheshire.sch.uk