Today was the first of our HUB Community Visits. We went to the Pickering Road Community Orchard and it was wonderful! The volunteers welcomed us and allowed us to explore the grounds. We found Bee hives, a woodland walk, a labyrinth as well as hundreds of beautiful apple trees.

Rosie then took us to the tasting table, where she told us all about the varieties of apples that are grown there. We learned about cooking and eating apples and tried a few samples, the very small ‘Pit and Pineapple’ variety were our favourite due to the sweet taste. We were impressed by the size of the Jupiter apple, a really impressive fruit! After this, we used the map and markers to find the trees that grew our favourite and we were allowed to pick as many apples as we could carry!

 

The following day at school, we composed thoughtful letters to Rosie, thank ing her and the volunteers for out visit. We presented our work with care and will send them to her next week. After working hard writing our letters, we rolled up our sleeves for a food technology lesson. We were peeling, grating and chopping the cooking apples, working as a team to prepare the fruit for our apple crumble. They looked amazing and the best part was the tasting, knowing the journey our apples had taken from tree to table. We were really proud!

 

 

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