Garden Games
On a pleasant day in mid June nearly 30 members gathered for an afternoon of fun and there was plenty for us to do - skittles, quoits, giant jenga, mini golf and mini croquet, as well as guessing the weight of the cake and the name of the teddy bear! Everyone joined in, with jenga being particularly popular and attracting a large audience as well. Points were awarded in all the games and a prize was given to the person who scored the highest number of points.

We were raising money partly for our funds, and partly for the Buckinghamshire Federation 90th Anniversary bursary for Denman College. And of course after all those games there was a delicious tea prepared by our committee.

Acorn Sailor Story Sack

We have finally completed our Story Sack - The Acorn Sailor, and presented it at an assembly at St George's School. We think the finished result is lovely, with beautiful knitted characters, some very realistic "sandcastles", a countryside/river and sea fabric collage for the background and of course a boat for the knitted acorn!

There are some lovely details - the fisherman has his very own fishing rod and basket, the ship's captain has a very fine beard and gold braid and buttons on his uniform, the little girl in her striped dungarees has wonderful blue spectacles, just as in the book and the collage has trees and flowers appliqued on to add interest! So there is lots for the children to see and play with, while hopefully getting to love reading.

We will start another story in September - we haven't decided what yet so are looking for ideas.