Primary Dance Festival returns on Wednesday

Preparations are underway for the return of an annual dance event which is set to feature 25 primary schools and 850 young people from across the Royal Borough.

The Primary Dance Festival is the Ascot & Maidenhead School Sport Partnership's biggest participation events of the year and schools are busy putting together their performances for the showcase.

This year's event will feature 31 performances and has been given the title 'Weird Science'.

It will take place at the Magnet Leisure Centre, in Holmanleaze, on Wednesday and Thursday.

Architectural and surveying firm Thomson Roddick & Laurie has once again sponsored the event after backing it last year and architectural consultant Phil Grover visited Riverside Primary School, in Cookham Road, on Tuesday to see how preparations were going.

He said: "It's great to play a part in something that brings together so many schools and gives so many children a special experience."