CHILDREN at Woolston Community Primary School are having a ball, thanks to the kindness of a departing pupil.

Luke Roberts, aged 11, will leave the school in July to continue his academic career at high school, but before he goes, the thoughtful student wanted to leave his schoolmates with something to remember him by.

Before half-term, he presented each class, eight in total, with their own basketball, bought from his own pocket money.

Teachers at the school were thrilled by the generosity of Luke's parting gesture.