On Friday 15th June, the whole of Fressingfield Primary School went on a long sponsored walk. It took us two hours and thirty minutes to go around our lovely village. We did this because we are raising money to buy new books for our school library.
Where we went
We started our walk in the huge playing field beside our lovely school. Then we went past the doctors’ surgery, through a footpath and came to a field where we got our first stamp. At this point we waved goodbye to the Nursery and Reception children who turned right to walk across a field towards the village, whilst we went along a dusty track which led to Mr Brown’s farm. There were tractors in sheds and a dog barking. Years 1-6 were allowed to mix up (as long as we stayed behind Mr Leicester at the front and in front of Mr Taylor at the back!) and walk with friends in other year groups. ent past our helper and had to move to the side because a tractor came past. We went through a steep field, through woods, over a bridge and up a steep field on the other side where we had our first drinks stop. The rest of the walk continued in much the same way through the beautiful country lanes and fields around our village. We all got back to school just in time to enjoy an ice lolly before we had our lunch.
About our library
The School Librarians have recently worked with Mrs Hare (one of the school governors) to review and improve our recommended reading lists. We wanted to make sure the lists contained books that celebrated diversity and which made everyone feel included. The money raised will be used to make sure the school has a copy of every book on the list so that children can borrow them and enjoy them.
Thank you
Thank you very much to all the adults who helped organise this, especially to all the volunteers from FOFSA. Thank you Mr Brown for being so kind to let us come through your farm. Thank you marshals for helping and providing drink and biscuits for everyone. And, thank you also to everyone who has raised money for this. Thank you everyone.
