From left to right above - Adam, John. Jan Newman (class teacher) Tom Holloway (Chatback Trust), Her Majesty the Queen
 

Whitefield Special School and the Chatback Trust were honoured by a visit from Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of the opening of the Whitefield Resource Centre. Students John and Adam demonstrated an exchange of email letters with schools in Canada and the USA, and then sent this message on the Queen’s behalf to as many educational networks and services as pos­sible.

Replies were received from schools and teachers in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the USA, Norway, Denmark and Germany.

Her Majesty the Queen:

'During this visit to the Whitefield Centre I have been heartened to see the emphasis placed upon helping young people towards independence by the use of technology. 

Through John and Adam, who are using this computer to write and send this letter for me, I send greetings to the many children world-wide who are being helped and encouraged to play a full part in the world'.