Wonderful women for Mother's Day

As today was International Women's Day, it made it doubly special for Reception to be able to invite a wonderful woman from their life, to accompany them for a cuppa and cake, in the infant hall today. They also got to take part in some activities together as part of our celebrations ahead of Mothering Sunday.

Mother's Day in the UK has its origins in the 16th century custom of 'Mothering Sunday', which fell on the fourth Sunday of Lent. That's three Sundays before Easter. 

During the Middle Ages, the custom developed of allowing people who had moved away from where they grew up to come back to visit their home or 'mother' churches, and their mothers, on the fourth Sunday of the Christian festival of Lent.

We wish all the wonderful women in our lives a very Happy Mother's day and a great big thank you for being part of growing and supporting us.