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Children at a preschool have had the chance to get up close to animals and look around a fire engine during a series of educational days. Sconce Hills Preschool Playgroup, a parent committee-run preschool based at Christchurch Hall, Boundary Road, has put on a range of fun and informative sessions for the children, aged between two and school age, in its care. The latest, on Wednesday, June 19, saw firefighters from Newark Fire Station bring one of their engines to the preschool — and the youngsters even got an opportunity to climb inside the cab. Sam Dell, acting deputy manager at Sconce Hill…