Summer at Last!

The long hot summer days have arrived and we have abandoned the classroom!There is so much to see and learn outdoors! On one of the early summer days(before Winter pushed himself back in)we took tables and chairs outside and the children took their work outdoors! I was delighted we did because rain and cold weather returned until early June.The children are very happy playing together in the garden and Tadhg has resumed his snail hunt!We visit the “secret garden”(my parents) and they delight in the beautiful early summer flowers.We take our birds on a bird walk and play the “silence game” and try to identify the garden birds by their song.The swallows are nesting in the stables so we can watch them fly in and out, though I dont think the chicks have hatched yet..However,the garden was a very noisy place until last week as we had a starling nest in the school roof.They provided much entertainment as they fed their young but now the fledglings have flown. Our peas,beans,spinach,radish,cabbage,beetroot,lettuce and potatoes are being looked after,weeded and watered by a very enthusiastic bunch of gardeners.The children love looking after the plants and enjoy working with the earth and observing all the little creatures that they respect so much.