Easter Orienteering

 Easter Orienteering

What a wonderful community event this afternoon. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us. It was fantastic to see children and families entering so enthusiastically into the spirit of the afternoon. 

Miss Furness organised a brilliant orienteering course which spanned the whole village, ensuring everyone racked up an excellent step-count. 

I saw plenty of fantastic map-reading skills from the children and some of our younger children learnt how to read grid references for the first time. 

Thank you so much to Mrs Fletcher and the PFA for providing an abundance of chocolate eggs as prizes once the children had pieced together the clues. 

Thank you again to everyone who helped to make this a really special event.














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