IT WAS all smiles when pupils from a closure-threatened school met children at the academy which has come to their rescue.
Dunswell Primary escaped the council's axe after Swanland Primary School Academy Trust stepped in to take the village school under its wing.
Pupils from the two schools have now met for the first time, getting together to make a big smiley face on Swanland Primary's field.
Children from Dunswell were the red smile in the happy face created by the pupils from the two East Riding schools.
Swanland headteacher Ray Woodward said: "Our children at Swanland have been asking if they could meet the pupils from Dunswell Primary ever since they heard the school was being taken under our wing.
"The pupils from Dunswell have now visited Swanland for the first time so the children can make friends with each other.
"It's all about getting to know each other and building friendships for the future."
Swanland's 436 pupils and Dunswell's 88 children got together on the school field to create their smiley face.
Mr Woodward said: "The children from Dunswell formed the red smile in the smiley face.
"It's all about putting the children at the forefront of what we are doing."
Swanland pupil Jack Lyne, ten, who joined in the picture with brother Alfie, nine, said: "It was a really good thing to do.
"We were at the top of the face and the children from Dunswell School were the smile.
"We got to meet them and they played with us."
The boys' mum Lisa said: "It was a lovely atmosphere, it was nice to see the children meeting each other and playing together.
"There were lots of happy faces."
Dunswell parent Richard McWatt, whose daughter Evie, four, enjoyed meeting the children at Swanland Primary, said: "Evie was really excited about going to Swanland and making new friends.
"Our parents were also invited to a hog roast organised by Swanland's PTA and we also met Swanland's headteacher at a party in Dunswell to celebrate our school staying open.
"The two schools seem a really good fit and hopefully we can learn from them and make Dunswell an even better school."
The get-together followed the green light from the Government for Dunswell Primary to become an academy under Swanland's wing.
Cash-strapped East Riding Council had wanted to close Dunswell Primary next summer but Swanland Primary stepped in to save the school from the axe.
Mother of three Julie Reed, who spearheaded the campaign to save Dunswell Primary School from closure, said: "The older children understood what happened, the younger ones are just happy they are making new friends at Swanland.
"There is a distance between the two schools but it doesn't start and finish within a boundary line, the communities are joining together.
"We are now focussing on the happy times ahead and what Swanland can bring to us."
