Sheep shearing has become an eagerly-awaited annual event for Dimson Day Nursery's children, staff, and local community.
Around 300 people, including nursery parents, local nurseries, schools, childminders, pre-schools and childcare students, flocked to the nursery's ten-acre small holding in Gunnislake, Cornwall, last month to watch ten sheep get sheared by Tim French, son of nursery owner Patricia French. Representatives from the Eden Project, Cornwall Play and the Sensory Trust also attended the event, which is always held on the second Tuesday in May and has grown in popularity over the past 18 years. Invitations are sent to local schools and nurseries and the day is also advertised through posters, in the local newspaper, on the internet and by word of mouth.
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