The day started with an assembly given by Sarah Barton, Educational Officer from Armley Mills / Leeds Industrial Museum. She talked to the children about the Museum, where wool comes from and it's manufacture. She explained that the Industrial Museum wanted to show how important British wool is and that they are over the year going to fill their museum full of sheep. These are not real sheep, but sheep made from pom poms!
We then went back to our classes where we all set out to make a pom - pom each.
The whole school worked on this project at the same time from Nursery to Year 6. We are fortunate at Robin Hood to have had enough wool for all pupils to take part. This was kindly donated by the school community and Edward Hill & Co, a textile mill who produces yarns and wool, based in Bradford.
As it was a sunny afternoon, some enthusiastic Reception children took advantage of the warm sunshine and wound their pom-poms in the sun.
After school the hall doors were opened for our community afternoon where children came with their families and carers to make even more pom - poms. It was a lovely afternoon!
Refreshments were served as it's very thirsty work and the Rothwell Record came down to see what was going on.
Many people took wool away to make even more pom-poms at home and I've already started having them back in. Thankyou Amber and Jacob.
Friendly Faces were winding pom - poms out in the late afternoon sun.
It was a truly great day. We finished up with 237 completed pom - poms and if you add to that at least another 100 at least that need to be finished, I think you will agree we will have probably made the most pom - poms out of all the groups taking part in the exhibition.
Watch this space for news on the making of the sheep!
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