Blast from the Past Wellies

In 2004, we had an arts week at school, with every teacher chosing their own theme to do with every class. I decided to make painted wellies my focus - we advertised with parents, and in the local press, for old wellies - and were inundated. Two special deliveries stand out in my mind - the retired farmer who struggled down to school and handed in his well-worn, muddy pair, which he said, he would no longer need - and a van load of new, but seconds, HUNTERS wellies. They were mis-matched, but several staff managed to find themselves a new "pair" of top-of-the-range wellies. And we still had enough for the 200 children to paint that week - and for several future topics with my class. We planted them up each spring with bulbs, and later in the year, with bedding plants. Above the theme was Clarice Cliff. Below ... during arts week ... the children had free choice of design