September bounty

 

Back to school means seeing what has survived the weather, birds, cats and foxes over the summer. At Ravensbury, this enormous mustard leaf and rocket had self-seeded.  It's spicy. Ask the children!

And it was a good year for the apples.  We've made some jelly from the crab apples (the taller trees in the background) and one girl took some home and made it on her own. 

Mud painting

As part of our outdoor learning at Heald Place in Rusholme, we've been experimenting with painting using mud.  Children dig up some soil and mix it with food colouring or paint. Some go full Rothko with slabs of earthy colour and texture, some add more soil, scratch marks and some go for simple designs. It's up to them. These were done by Year 2 children.