The children welcomed Alastair’s dad, Mr McNee, to nursery recently. Mr McNee is our local farmer and is helping us to look after the potatoes he planted with the children. This is a competition which is run by the Royal Highland Education Trust in conjunction with the Clydesdale Bank. Schools and nurseries sign up to the competition and in June send in the necessary information to find out who has harvested the most potatoes. This is a great learning experience for the children as they learn the importance of  looking after plants and get to see first hand the process involved in growing potatoes.  Mr McNee comes along to the nursery every so often to talk to the children about what stage the plant is at and give advice on how to look after the plants.  We’re looking forward to harvesting a great crop of potatoes to have for snack!!