Garsons Farm Trip!

The preschool children had lots of fun on the trip to Garsons farm this week. Jonathan asked how we were going to get to the farm and as transport has been our preschool focus topic this week, the children were calling out all kinds of ideas of how we could get there. Amelia said, "I know, we can go in a taxi". Sammy asked curiously, "A bus?" And Ari suggested, "It could even be a submarine". This made his friends laugh and Sophie said, "No Ari, a submarine is in the water, we aren't going swimming to the farm". When the children found out that actually we were going by minibus, Isla laughed and said, "I haven't been on one of them for years!" which made all of her teachers laugh. The children got going at making their very own minibus with the large blocks in the garden. They remembered they need a driver and Ethan said, "Don't forget the seat belts too!". 

On the day of the visit, the children were so excited as they waited patiently for the minibus to turn up. They couldn't wait to get up the stairs, none of them accepting help to climb the big steps. They challenged themselves successfully to pull themselves up. Chloe climbed straight in to the drivers seat, holding on to the steering wheel and smiling at the driver. Whilst on the journey, Imogen told her friends, "This is the way to my house, just down this road" and Jonathan said, "That's where my grandma lives too". Once they were there and found a good apple picking spot, the children couldn't wait to get going. They carefully picked the apples from the tree. Isabelle reminded everyone, "Guys, remember we only need the juicy looking nice apples!". After a few moments, some of the children were curiously asking, "Where are the animals, we are at the farm". They very quickly accepted the fact that there are two types of farms when it was explained to them.

The fields were huge and the weather was kind as you can see. The children made their way over to the vegetables and in particular the carrots as the pumpkins weren't quite ready yet. The children loved this, really digging away in the ground to pick the carrots that were lower down in to the ground. Alba made sure to get the ones that were closer to the top as she quickly realised they were breaking easily, and they filled their punnets to take home, The children were really very tired when they returned to the nursery after so much walking and fresh air and excitement! Cant wait to return in the spring/summer next and pick other crops next time!