A New School Year!

Our new school new year got off to a rocky start with dreadful weather! Rain and wind greeted the children on their first days back and the leaves turned prematurely brown and began to fall from the trees.It seemed like October had arrived before September.

However,the weather didn’t deter my new children and all settled in very quickly. It was wonderful to welcome back Hugo, Arlo, Kate and Emily as my helpers for the morning class and Louis as helper in the afternoon. I would also like to welcome Miss Triona who is job sharing the afternoon class with me.

Despite the bad weather,we managed to get out doors as much as possible and the children were delighted to discover the apple, pear and damson trees laden with fruit!We gathered the damsons in baskets and all helped wash and weigh the fruit to prepare it for jam! The next day after I had cooked the fruit in the preserving pan all helped to sieve the stones and prepare for jarring!Each child proudly took a pot of damson jam home to their families!Apples were also gathered and tasted whilst tomatoes are picked and sampled daily!The children are busy helping to weed the raised beds with the salad leaves and yesterday Benny dug up the potatoes! We picked courgettes today and tasted the last of the garden peas! The children can see that Autumn is the Season of plenty !

And of course, they are climbing the apple trees, swinging on the hammock and having fun!