At the end of last term, the children used their child sized lathe to create a variety of objects. Blair and I then took the children to visit our next door neighbour, Bob Draper, to see him working on his lathe. Bob explained the uses and safety aspects of hand and machine tools and our children were absolutely memorised for the whole time.

Both the children now have a spurtle (a Scottish tool for stirring porridge) that Bob made on the lathe to remind them of their visit. Many thanks Bob.