Sherington School hrove Tuesday is one of our traditio ns that , with the Olney Pancake Race , has local resonance with international attention. What is less well known is the Sherington School tradition whereby Mrs Betty Feasey, MBE makes every child a pancake to whet their appetites for home. "I had one pancake from Mrs Feasey at school and five from my Grandma!" In the same week we continued our involvement with the charity "Child Reach". Ms Paula Yarrow came from London to deliver a thoughtful workshop about Children 's Rights. We shared the day with friends and colleagues from St Andrew 's CE School. The exercise gave the children good opportunities to think and express themselves in words and pictures and to test their opinions in a forum of mutual respect and support. With international examples of the charity's work to consider and our local concerns it was a good day to renew acquaintance and work together. Mrs Margaret Broadhurst (Governor and Chair of Curriculum Committee) writes "I did enjoy my day at Sherington at the Child Reach event. The children were attentive and engaged during Paula Yarrow's talk and worked hard at their murals afterwards. Paula noted how the children were able to understand c hildren 's rights because of other background they have had at school - she was able to build on t he children 's knowledge when explaining these concepts . The children were a pleasure to be with. The whole day felt full of energy - no doubt helped by the mild weather ideal for the children to play outside together. It was grand to share lunch and very enjoyable to have homemade food. I am pleased the schools can offer days of this kind extending the children 's experiences. Thank you to all the staff for the preparation a day like this entails." Emberton School eturning from their half term Rholiday the children came into school to find lots of plastic and cardboard rubbish lying around the classroom! A letter from MKC Recycling explained that the recycling machine was broken and could we please help them out? "Oh Yes, Let's Go Green!" we shouted A letter from MKC Recycling explained that the recycling machine was broken and could we please help them out? "Oh Yes, Let's Go Green!" we shouted ... and thus launched into our new topic. The children sorted all the rubbish, talked about how it could be recycled and set about making all sorts of models with it. Before long and several rolls of sticky tape later we had life size pirate ships, schools, robots and houses amongst many other wonderful creations. The children then wrote letters to MKC Recycling telling them what good uses had come out of the rubbish thrown away by other people ; and also about how they thought recycling could be improved in our school. The Cubs made posters and an information booklet about recycling, whilst the Tigers researched and made non-fiction books. It seems there is no end to what can bemadewithcardboardtubes,milkcartons and yoghurt pots - musical instruments , jewellery , Elmer elephants, boats - we have even begun experimenting with making clothes and shoes from recycled materials- butmoreaboutthatnextmonth! On our World "Let's Go Green!" Book Day we had all manner of costumes worn by the children from several green Tinkerbell fairies , to green hair and green T-shirts , the dinosaurs from "Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish"adressmadeofaplasticrecycling sack and even Orinoco the much loved recycling womble! We were also thrilled to be visited by renowned children's poet John Foster who delighted the children by bringing his book of "Green Poems" to life and inspiring them to write poems about recycling of their own . Even the mums and dads popped in to read their own favourite picture books to small groups. What a great way to finish off a wonderful day! If you would like your child to attend a small rural school please contact us on 01234 711518 and we would be delighted to show you around. 88 Phonebox Magazine