11/07/2026
Church House Pre-School Little Bloomers Yorkshire in Bloom entry 2026...
After a few disappointing trials and mishaps, sheer hard work and some very early morning starts, our planting areas for Church House Pre-School Little Bloomers were finally ready for our amazing young children to work their magic on.
Not to be beaten by the recent vandalism I decided to upgrade our Dog Watering Howl to a lovely, calm and natural looking area which will hopefully be to the liking of our passing dogs 🐕 Of course this needed a bit of heavy lifting from She-Ra aka my colleague Lisa Silverwood and my son James so a MASSIVE THANK YOU goes out to them 🤩
It's important to point out that although we enter into the Yorkshire in Bloom competition, and have done so for 9 years, this isn't and never has been the main aim of our environmental activities and community involvement.
Our most important reward is seeing our amazing young children becoming resilient and capable of tackling almost anything offered to them, enjoying what they do, whilst learning and achieving so much when they are given the opportunity.
I think you can clearly see from the concentration on their faces that they are thriving, and that's the most important thing to myself, my team, our parents and the children.
As usual the judging didn’t quite go to plan! 🤔
Although the children know their stuff, one little boy proceeded to relate a very indepth and animated description and life story of the 'local' Scorpion to the very well disguised amusement of the judges, whilst I covertly tried to stop another from rescuing a striken wasp which was on the floor because she "needed to help a poorly bug 😳"
It's always a fast paced and exciting time when the judges arrive - but my absolute highlight of the day, which topped the whole lot came when one of our little ladies peeled a small gold star sticker from her t-shirt and put it on mine, simply saying, "This little star is a big thank you for teaching me to plant stuff and look after bugs!" I think that thoughtful gesture from such a young child says it all and something that I'll certainly remember forever 😍
Another THANK YOU must go out to my deputy Kate Faulkner and her very patient husband Richard, Bill Semple and David from the Birstall Woodturning Club (Mirfield) who very kindly donated an expertly made new steam engine for our Sensory Train, Mirfield in Bloom for their invaluable support and backing, Louise Hardy from the Robertown in Bloom team for kindly donating a replacement water carrier, Jimmy for installing a water butt in preparation for the inevitable hose pipe ban, plus passers-by for giving words of encouragement and endearment as they watched our Little Bloomers having fun whilst learning life skills 😍
And breathe...even if you don't have time to read our 'life story' enjoy the photos everyone 😀
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