PUPILS are celebrating a colourful school extension.

The building, at Abacus Primary School, in Tresco Way, Wickford, contains four new classrooms and a second school hall.

The work was carried out after the nearby Wick housing development pushed up demand for places at the school.

Headteacher Gillian Brinded said: “It’s great to have it open.

“The extension is already proving very popular with staff and children.”