Wimbish Apple Pressing Morning

Recently, all pupils and staff at Wimbish were treated to a fun and educational experience all about apples!

Paul, from The Railway Arms Pub (Saffron Walden), came down to our friendly village school to show everyone how apples are pressed into fresh apple juice. We are very fortunate to have a wide variety of apple trees on our school grounds and sometimes all that fresh, natural and nutritious fruit is wasted. But this year, we arranged a special visit from Paul to show us the process – from tree to bottle – how the juice is made. To make it even more special, we all had a hand in creating fresh juice to take home.

After collecting the apples, the apples were cleaned and checked for bruising and rotten parts. We were all surprised that you can easily cut off small rotten parts and still have lots of delicious apple left – so none is wasted. We all helped to check the apples and remove dirt and leaves before putting them into a large pulper (where apples are turned into an appley mush). This was then put onto a press and squeezed until the juice came out for us to collect.

Everyone at Wimbish had a great day and enjoyed taking part in all the stages of the process and we would like to say a great big thank you to Paul for coming down. He was also hugely impressed with the behaviour of our pupils and their enthusiasm. Fingers crossed he will be back next year when our next batch of apples are ready.