Pupils from three Cheshire schools celebrated a day of kindness and community. Children from Upton Heath CE Primary School, Clutton CE Primary School, and Little Sutton CE Primary School, all part of The Samara Trust, participated in Samara Day on October 23. The day celebrated the trust's Reach Up.
Reach Out vision and involved the symbolic planting of field maple trees at each school. Throughout the day, the pupils took part in community-focused activities aimed at positively impacting people and the environment. They wrote cards for older residents, picked litter to keep public spaces clean, created bird feeders, planted flowers, donated toys to charity, collected food for a food bank, and organised bake sales to raise money for charity.
Professor Graeme White, chair of The Samara Trust, explained the significance of the tree planting: "We are planting these trees for two reasons. "First, our Trust Vision is ‘Reach Up. Reach Out’.
"The trunk of every tree reaches up, while its branches reach out, just as we hope all the pupils in our schools will reach up to their potential and reach out to one another. "Second, the name of our trust is Samara, so we have chosen field maple trees. "Their seeds are winged helicopters like all those in the Samara family: ash, elm, sycamore.
"Field maples are a beautiful colour in autumn, encourage wildlife, and even produce maple syrup, so they will be a joyous addition to our schools’ grounds." George Bulman, chief executive officer o.