The turnout at Woking Junior Parkrun was astounding as per usual!! Wayne, Mel, Ola and Luan were the GoodGym marshals for the morning.

Writing the report I tried to get the stats for the event but, today everyone was pretty chilled at the end so there was no prize giving as there have been other times.

The kids are so cool at Junior Parkrun and a couple of them high fived me as they ran past, OMG they are cute! Usually I personally try to be as encouraging as possible and cheer them on as they pass…

They all did so well to run their 2k around the park!

Awesome :-)

Luan

Back at Knaphill Lower School and the nature garden is really coming into its own—so close to the finish line now you can almost hear the bugs moving in! Today’s task was all about the details. The concrete mushrooms made last week got a coat of paint, bringing a pop of colour to their new woodland home. Just the spots to paint on them now! Meanwhile, Vikki and Mark were busy working their magic on some logs, drilling in specialist dowels to create a mushroom growing bed—setting things up for some real fungi to join the party in time. Another small but satisfying step towards a fully flourishing garden 🌿

ST John's The Baptist Chruch

This morning 🌞 i headed back to the Church after my morning run to continue helping getting the church grounds ready for the Summer Fate 🎊

Today i was given 3 tasks to complete:-

1. First task was to help clear the area around the pound which had toads jumping around the area.The wild garden has come on so well over the last few months 🌻🌼🌷🪻

2. 2nd task was to pull up all the weeds around the patio area. I managed to get quite a lot done. Once i had pulled most of it up the weed spray was applied all around.

3. The final task was to clear the gullies that were on the East side of the Church. In total there were 4 gullies and they were full of leaves 🍂 Lucky i had gloves on as they were damp and wet.

Once finished they caretaker was as always very grateful. 😊

A great turn out today of 6 Goodgymers meant that we made great progress on the school garden. Luan and Kirsty started by collecting plants from another area of the school to add to the previous planting which is settling in and looking amazing. Anne and Katie painted the bug hotel with lovely red paint inspired by the Good Gym branding. Stephanie got stuck in to making some concrete mushrooms - we are very excited to see how those turn out. Julie finally got to use some of the massive compost heap to fill a wormery so that the children will be able to see how worms aerate the soil by creating tunnels and pull down leaf litter from the surface to help decompose it and create more lovely soil. A great team effort today - Vikki is planning a grand opening after half term so watch out for the date for this.

St Johns The Baptist Church

This morning i headed off to St Johns The Baptist Church to assist with clearing all the gullies and gutters that were clogged up with leaves 🍁🍂☘️

I met up with Neil and Terrance who were telling me how the always appreciate Goodgyms help.

They have their summer fair coming up and have also asked if Woking GG can help with the set up ☀️

Once i had cleared the leafs i assisted with moving bags of barks around the church grounds.

After an hours work i was done, and looking to go back next week 😀

Anne, Andy and Nadia met at Woking Leisure Centre at 18:45 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ and jogged the 1.2km to St Mark’s Church, Westfield ⛪, with Wayne and Kirsty joining us there at 19:00 👋. How great to see everyone again with their busy and interesting lives! We emptied the room 📦, shoved all the cupboards and chests forward to sweep behind 🧹, and unearthed some treasure toys that had been suspiciously launched onto the top shelves 🧸. Anne mopped the floor 💦 while the rest of us naughty students trod it dirty again 👣, only for her to sparkle it back up like a pro ✨. By the end we’d left the community fridge as bright and clear as the evening itself 🌙, then ran the 1.8km back to the Leisure Centre 🏁. 3km total, one gleaming room, and we burned enough calories to justify raiding a fridge ourselves 🧀.