Today Goodgym Woking helped again with the painting project at Knaphill Lower School. Kirsty, her 🐕 Rocket 🚀 and Katie ran 5km to the task. Anne walked an impressive 13km along the canal. Wayne managed to get a workout in and ran over 6km to join the task. Great effort from all Goodgymers 👍

The Hive building is already looking much brighter than it was. Wayne was up high, painting the wall magnolia which really freshened it up. Anne and Kirsty did a wonderful job painting the tree and flowers. Katie started the outlines on the tufts of grass and founded that it needed a lot of concentration! There is still more to do and there is another opportunity to help next weekend.

Nadia led the 3k run to Knaphill School via the canal with some quick exercises to start, I myself (Luan) followed along, thankfully Nadia had the route planned. It was a really sunny day today but with a nice breeze so the run was pleasant! Once we reached the school we continued from the work GoodGym had done the day before, I ventured up the ladder to paint some honey at the top of the building and Stephanie joined to help paint some of the flowers and bees. We managed to get quite a lot of painting done, but as we were running back another 3k stayed for about one hour. Stephanie stayed behind to help continue painting! Personally, I was quite happy with the run and have some weight to lose so was grateful for the training. What a great way to start the day on a Sunday, get the endorphins pumping!

Today Goodgym Woking helped continue the painting project at Knaphill Lower School. Katie was the first to join Vikki (PTA) and soon after Melanie arrived. Melanie ran from home to the school, a very impressive effort.

The Hive building is used by children and teachers, often for training, as well as external groups. The painting has already brightened it up a lot and Vikki said that the children have been very excited to see the painting that has already been done.

There is more painting to be done and there is a further session planned for tomorrow, as well as the 19th of September.

Yesterday, Anne and Harriet started to prepare the work to paint a beautiful mural “The Hive” on the wall of one of the school buildings. Vikki, the volunteer who organises the work for the school, was not sure whether teachers and/or parents would be able to come and help with the painting. Well, you just had to ask GoodGym: the response was fantastic!

This morning, from 9:00, seven GoodGymers from Woking: Agathe, Harriet, Kirsty Luan, Melanie, Stephanie and Anne, made their way to one of Knaphill schools. They were responding enthusiastically to the cry for help thrown at them yesterday.

Armed with bright coloured paints, brushes of different sizes and clear instructions from Vikki, we all went to task. We enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere and the opportunity to catchup with each other’s news after the summer while some of us could show their incredible artistic talent.

There is still more work to do, but today’s results are very promising! I believe there was a mention of adding some butterflies, ladybirds and dragonflies… which are the names of the different classes.

Vikki’s leadership is exceptional and GG Woking has already promised to come back to finish the mural, paint the other walls of the Hive. We will also give a hand to Mark, Vikki’s husband, who is preparing the foundations for a summer house, on the field. It will be used by the PTA and the Football clubs. Muscles will be required to put the summer house up and more painting will be involved then too!

Thank you GG Girls for today’s un-bee-lievably rewarding mission!

Two GG Woking members met at one of the local schools to help painting one of their buildings.

Harriet comes from Goldaming, where they do not have a GG group yet. Anne ran/walked to Knaphill and back (total 12 kms). It was great to see Harriet again. Harriet is keen to do any painting task/mission we publish on our website and the last one was in Pyrford two years ago!

Vikki, welcomed us and explained that she had already prepared one of the walls where "the Hive" mural will be displayed. Our task was to paint the "skirting boards". We happily applied the brown stain on the wood, the rain did not really help in the process, but we did our very best!

Tomorrow we will concentrate on painting the mural designed by Vikki (see photo of “the Hive”). It will be a great surprise for the children when they start school. We will carry on with refreshing the walls of the building later on in September.

We hope a few more members of GG Woking will be able to join us tomorrow!

Opening Of The Nature Garden

After months of hard work today was the grand opening of the Knaphill School Nature Garden 😃

Goodgym Woking have been helping Vicki & Mark over the last few months getting what was a waste land at the back of the school into a educational nature garden for the kids of Knaphill Lower School. After months of cutting back brambles to making TP’s, painting fixing the once tired and broken trim trail through the cold wet winter months and even through the recent heatwave we had done it.

This morning Wayne, Julie & Katieheaded to the school to meet Vicki & Mark & Victoria who helped with the designed of the garden as well as the headteacher along with a special guest to officially open the area 🌿

The weather did not seem to get the memo 🌧️. But that did not stop special guest Charlotte Hawkins from GMB to come.

Charlotte arrived about 9am and Vicki introduced the whole team and even mentioned some of our team who unfortunately could not make this morning

Brollys were up ☔️ and a little walk around the garden showing all the different play zone. Charlotte was very impressed by the bird Boxes 🐦‍⬛ that were done by the Goodgym team, Ola’s box was picked out 😃

Charlotte was also keen on hearing more about Goodgym and was really impressed and was going to get her husband to sign up to a local session 🤣

As the weather got worse we headed into the school for a warm beverage and chat.

Hopefully as the weather gets better the kids can get out and enjoy the play area.

Charlotte then said her goodbyes and headed off.