Apologies for the lack of news yesterday – I was a bit partied out after the orchard opening and certainly not firing on all cylinders! This week we continue our active learning with the Primary 1’s – fingers crossed for … Continue reading →

Sadly, our nursery mums’ night out has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.  This is a busy time of year and just not enough people bought tickets to make it a viable event.  If you would like your money … Continue reading →

                              Thank you so much Nikki, Noah and Eden, for letting us share this lovely experience.

Angela has asked me to ask everyone who is thinking of coming along on Friday night to buy tickets tomorrow.  If you are coming, why not bring your mum, your gran, your aunties and all your best mates too?  It … Continue reading →

These photos show all the fun things we did when learning about apples with Elisabeth.  We watched a video about Johnny Appleseed and Elisabeth even got into the spirit of the story by wearing a saucepan on her head – … Continue reading →

On Wednesday afternoon the Newts group were given the apple seed challenge.  They watched a story about a man called Johnny Appleseed, who spread apple orchards in America.  Then they went outside to look at the apple trees in the … Continue reading →

On Tuesday morning the Newts group were given the land art challenge.  Make a huge art installation from a big pile of willow!  The Newts rose to the challenge and worked as a team to create a huge tree, with … Continue reading →

Last week one of our active learning activities was to hunt for as many worms as we could find in a square metre of ground in the orchard.  Our original plan was to weigh and measure each worm and record … Continue reading →

We are starting the week with an exciting first – today Angela and Maureen are taking their first group of children to Barloch Moor for a Forest School session.  They are armed to the teeth with tarpaulins, ropes and all … Continue reading →

Autism is a condition that affects a percentage of our children every year. It is a condition that can range from mild to very severe and it affects the lives of everyone who is close to it.   Everyone knows … Continue reading →