August has arrived and now is the perfect opportunity to plan your 2012 Flower Show exhibits. Check out the competition classes in the 61st GHS Show 2012 Programme.

Children can start preparing their entries now, before school restarts.
Here’s the competition classes for children:

UNDER 5 YEARS OLD

• ‘My family’ A4 artwork
• Model animal (e.g. playdough, papier mâché)
• 2 slices no-cook style traybake
• A bunch of flowers in a jam jar

AGE 5 TO 8 YEARS

• A ‘monster’ made from vegetables and plant material
• 3 home-made sweets
• Musical instrument made from household junk
• A miniature garden, maximum size 600x600mm
• A greetings card
• A collage depicting a tree
• Hand-writing. Two verses from a song of your choice

AGE 9 TO 12 YEARS

• Miniature garden, maximum size 600x600mm
• An ‘animal’ made from vegetables and plant material
• Sock puppet
• Jam sponge sandwich
• A windmill
• Compose a poem about ‘holidays’
• Nature photograph

TEENAGERS

• Chocolate cake, using the recipe of your choice
• Design a coat of arms for Garvald
• An exhibit of vegetables of your own growing
• Compose a rap!
• Home-made pizza base and topping (maximum 210mm in diameter)
• A drawing or painting ‘At The Disco’

Good luck to all!

I believe they normally call this the “silly season” in mainstream media, when there are few big news items and the bulletins are padded out with non stories. This year, it seems more like the “rainy season.” Will it EVER stop?!

Here we are in-between big village events. The Jubilee already seems an age ago. And it is still over a month until the Flower Show. If you are looking for something to do on these unending wet days, remember there are lots of craft classes at the latter – especially for the youngsters in the village. Use the time to make a model animal (under 5s,) design a miniature garden (5 to 8s and 9 to12s,) or compose a rap (teens.) All the details can be found in the show schedule Best of luck!!!