'Easter Holidays'

Week 1

Although this week should have been part of the Easter holidays, some staff and a few pupils have been in school. 

Monday

Today we spent a lot of time making paper aeroplanes. We were trying to make our planes go as far as we could. We also spent some time playing on the wheelie boards.

Tuesday

Today we have had a very exciting day, involving different types of obstacle courses. We have been getting creative with the wobble boards, and started by negotiating an indoor obstacle course on these. This soon moved on to creating our own obstacle courses in the playground, as well as playing some ball games. It has been such wonderful weather that we spent hardly any time indoors, practising our Frisbee skills on the playground. After some time creating different types of paper aeroplane, the children spent time in the field building a fort with Mrs Yeomans, working together to find the most appropriate materials for this.

Wednesday

Today we played on the scooter boards/shuffle boards for a while, and took them outside as well. We did some painting and used some of the how to draw videos on YouTube. Played on the wii for a bit. In the afternoon we played in the allotment, planting sun flowers and water melon! 

Thursday

At the start of the day, we made big Easter eggs using balloons and papier mache. Once covered we left them to dry ready to paint! We then played on the scooter boards/shuffle boards outside. We then went on iPads and played maths bingo.

In the afternoon, we made Easter baskets and decorated them. We then went on an Easter egg hunt in the allotment. After, we stayed in the allotment for a while before ending the day by watching a programme about sharks.

Friday

Our morning began with some water fun in the allotment. The staff watered plants, while the children dug holes and filled them with water to make a pond. Sadly, the water drained away so no frogs today! When we returned to the main building, we saw a beautiful peacock butterfly! We watched it for a while, having a drink from water spilled on the ground.

Inside, we built a marble run and had fun seeing how many marbles we could get on at one go. Next, we rode across the playground to the Forest Area. Some tree climbing followed and we found some good resting places.

After lunch outside, our intrepid explorer crossed a deep chasm, balancing with great skill on the narrow log bridge! More time spent playing with marbles kept us out of the sun for a while. A round of tennis finished off the afternoon before going home for tea.