Term 2, week 1

Welcome back everyone. I hope that you had a restful break, it certainly seems to have done us all an awful lot of good as the majority of children have returned and seem full of energy and cold and cough free, phew, happy days!

We have had a fun and creative first week back. We have enjoyed celebrating Diwali by reading the story of Rama, Sita and the ten headed demon, Ravanna, all very exciting! The children have made their own Diya lamps and Rangoli patterns to take home.

We had a great time enjoying playing different physical games in the hall one day in place of trike time. The children had an absolute blast and we will definitely be doing this more often now the weather is getting colder.

Outside we have been making beautiful lamps in our outside classroom. These will be used for a garden procession next week. To warm up we have enjoyed making hot chocolate and popcorn on the fire. Other groups have helped the Forest School team to start to rearrange the area under the Yew tree. They are relocating the fire pit into base camp to allow more space for playing under the Yew tree for the winter months, as it gives us more shelter in inclement weather.

Some children have enjoyed making firework splatter paintings in the garden to get them ready for the displays they may see this weekend, the first ever for many children!

I hope you enjoy the photos. Have a great weekend and enjoy firework night!

Dena xx