Not Back to School Picnic

This week we held our Not Back to School Picnic in Vivary Park, Taunton.  This was an opportunity for us to celebrate home education together.  We had to postpone the picnic by a day, as the original day (Tuesday) had a forecast of heavy rain!  It was definately the right choice as the weather was so much better on Wednesday.  Some of us even took our cardigans off! 

We met two new families at the picnic, which was great as it is always lovely to meet new people.  We set up for a picnic near the fountain, with our new Taunton Home Education banner to help bring awareness of our group to people in the park.  The children collected acorns, spotted lots of squirrels, fed the ducks and generally had fun together. 

We then moved over to the play area at the back of Vivary Park, where the children (and some of the adults!) enjoyed the play equipment.  We also had a go at making giant bubbles, with slightly mixed success.  Some worked really well, others were not so good.  We will have another go at it later in the year.




Making giant bubbles

Bubble making



Playing together on the roundabout

Next week, we are having our first meeting in a village hall near Taunton.  If you would like to come along, please email us at tauntonhomeeducation@yahoo.com for further information.  Look forward to seeing you soon.