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08:59 - 23-July-2008
Students from Bishop Cornish Church of England VA Primary School dressed up in Victorian costumes and took part in a traditional Cherry Feast Day race as part of a reconstruction event on Friday.
They also performed a song, ate cherry pies and sold flowers to their parents.
The day was part of a pilot project looking at market gardening in the Tamar Valley by the Sense of Place project.
During the pilot project, which has been funded by the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Key Stage 1 pupils have been finding out about life in the Tamar Valley when market gardens were flourishing.
The Sense of Place scheme aims to link schools, communities and local history in a creative way. Teachers are provided with special resources to give their teaching a Cornish flavour.
Initially aimed at primary schools, the project started running in secondary schools three years ago and now involves a range of pre-schools, nursery units and children's centres.
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