Notes on the story – Apples and the new year

Apples and the new year

Links to the story Key Stage 2 and 3 programmes of study Possible learning outcomes Big ideas
Apples and the new year a local history study … (KS2, Year 5, History) Know that people had rituals to celebrate the harvest of apples folklore
The local customs of a place are part of its history and are worth recording, studying and celebrating. The ‘wassail’ ceremony, traditionally held on twelfth night in country places, is one such custom. The story links the details of the blessing of the apple trees to the locality around the hamlet of Nowhere. East Farm is now the popular Old Farmhouse public house and restaurant.