Wow! What a lovely morning F2 had at our local Pickering Community Orchard!

The weather held out for us and we definitely felt like Spring was on it’s way! We loved our leisurely walk round our community and looked for signs of Spring all around us!

When we arrived at the Orchard we were greeted and shown around the grounds… through the allotments where we spotted all types of different vegetables! Even some from this terms story ‘Oliver’s Vegetables!‘

We took a woodland stroll and spotted lots of signs of Spring- flowers beginning to bloom, animals beginning to emerge and the whole garden become more alive! We named daffodils, moss, bird nests, ladybirds, woodlice, spiders, earwigs and identified some local trees!

We also loved exploring the Orchard, where the apples are not quite ready yet, but the trees are beginning to bloom! Feeling the branches, trunks and leaves was great fun and we loved thinking of words to describe the different textures.

We were very intrigued at the bee hives, where the Orchard make their very own honey!  We talked about the process of how the bees make the honey and could see the bees leaving and entering the hive… busy at work!

We can’t wait to visit the Orchard soon… for some of our Forest School sessions….watch this space!