Overbury Grasshoppers News

Watching the harvest - 28th August

Watching the harvest - 28th August

  • 30 Aug 2012
  • Latest News

Farmer Jake is relieved that they have finally finished the harvesting - at Grasshoppers we are relieved that we got the opportunity to see the new combine harvester in action!         When we heard a tractor from the nursery garden, we dropped everything to find out what was going. Just two fields away the barley was being...


Olympic Creatures!! August 16th

Olympic Creatures!! August 16th

  • 16 Aug 2012
  • Event, Parental involvement, Understanding of the World

The Nursery children aged between 1 and 4 years old were joined by primary school aged children for a special visit from 'Zoolab'. We had giant insects, rodents and reptiles displaying their sporting prowess and the children of all ages sat transfixed for over an hour!!    We were asked to guess which of the giant insects would win a race...


Sports Activity Day - Mon 13th August

Sports Activity Day - Mon 13th August

  • 13 Aug 2012
  • Event, Overbury village, PE

Fifteen children spent the day at the cricket pitch taking part in individual and group sports.     They didn't stop all day, even when we had some showers! Everyone went home with their own medal at the end of a competitive, but very good natured event. The day started with a warm-up, led by keen 12 year old footballer  Harry...


Activity Day 3 - 9th August

Activity Day 3 - 9th August

  • 9 Aug 2012
  • Latest News

The third of our Summer Holidays activity days for primary school aged children was called 'From garden to plate'.  A wide variety of activities throughout the day enabled the children to  visit 'professional gardeners', do some planting of their own, explore the countryside and consider the wildlife all around us. Sixteen children walked to...


'Make and take' activity day

'Make and take' activity day

  • 1 Aug 2012
  • Event

Having first gained  Farmer Jake's permission, the children stopped to collect barley on their way to the village hall, where they spent a very busy day creating numerous fabulous masterpieces!  Two main activities were carried out in the morning.   On wood offcuts from Builder Mark the   children used some of the barley they had cut,...