Goodgym Folk Share with the Clare (school!)

What can I say? Such an awesome morning!!!

Bill, Elizabeth and Katy came to the Clare school for this morning to meet the pupils and to support them in planting flowers in our sensory garden.

I have to admit I was nervous to see two of my favourite groups of people meet!

How did it go? So, so well! With both Goodgymmers and Clare school pupils being the most lovely of people they got on straight away.

The kids were really keen to be outside and to meet

Bill (sign language name 'Cricket' - he likes to play! ) Katy (sign language name 'Chocolate' - yum!) Elizabeth (sign language name 'Cooking' of which a student is also this sign for 'Little Mix'!)

After explaining the task briefly everyone got stuck in, planting, watering, digging holes.

It was awesome to see our Goodgymmers chatting away and the pupils chatting away too. So at ease with each other and enjoying the task at hand.

Elizabeth helped two pupils in wheelchairs to plant flowers in planters and was chatting away.

Katy hopped up on the sensory garden bed and was digging holes in the incredibly hard and dry soil for the students to be able to plant in places of their choice.

Bill was chatting and chatting, seriously it was so good to see the pupils socialising more than anything - a real treat.

With the help of 34 runners last night the area was prepped amazingly well for the new plant additions - thank you all.

We spent 1-2 hrs putting in all the flowers, they look gorgeous. They have really changed the look of the area. Many students said they would come out at lunch to look at their plants and they did.

I've made some signs to go up so we can learn about the plants and photos will go up to to remember the morning.

Thanks a million Bill, Katy and Elizabeth from myself and the students at The Clare School :)