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We had a lovely visit to the Salvation Army polycrub and garden.  The bairns helped to dig up the tatties, adding them to a bucket to take back to nursery.  We had a look around the polycrub and saw tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, herbs and marrows, the bairns did a lot of touching and smelling the different plants.  The Salvation Army kindly donated a large bucket of tatties and a big bag of mixed vegetables including cauliflower, tomatoes, cabbage and broccoli for our honesty cupboard.  The bairns were also able to take home tatties, a cherry tomato and a strawberry plant.

One of our hens had disappeared but upon inspection we discovered that she was broody and sitting on 10 eggs.  After a failed attempt at rescuing the eggs, we called on Trevor the janitor, who successfully retrieved them.  The bairns were keen to test their freshness using a bowl of water, watching if they sunk or floated and which direction the eggs faced.  Only one egg floated so we knew it was rotten.  The rest of the eggs were used during the week for various recipes including pear & banana loaf, savoury biscuits, homemade pizza and pancakes.

After finding a recipe for a chocolate cake in one of our nursery books, the bairns decided to made chocolate playdoh.  There was lots of interest and the playdoh was formed into cakes, volcanos and sausages.  The smell of the new playdoh also proved to be a hot topic!