Happy New Year!

*note, the cameraman’s hands were too cold to take any pictures on Friday morning…

LIME

Oh boy was it icy! The water butt had no water coming out of it, which seemed like a bit of a mystery for the children, so they began to investigate! Through a small hole in the top, they saw a little bit of ice poking out and realised the problem. With some grown-up help, they pulled the lid off and found the holy grail of ice chunks! They then hacked away for a good 15 minutes until the ice was gone and their hands were freezing! Elsewhere, a block of wood was frozen to the floor and a log was chiselled away and used to make chicken nugget spices!

WILLOW

Traitors was back and literally only 5 people in Willow class were not involved in an epic game that lasted for the entire session. There was talk of; murders in plain sight, secret traitors and absolutely  no one was safe! The huddles of Willow class children were shooting accusations and everything that moved and it was very difficult to actually keep up with who thought what about who!! Luckily, the Faithful were successful and managed to find the Traitors but not before a few of there own were banished from the log circle!

EYFS

It was probably the coldest and most miserable day in the history of mankind but the little ones put on a very brave face and went out to let the rain be the teacher! They jumped in puddles and went on an adventure to different restaurants all over the world, using conkers and leaves as (very soggy) food. A shelter was wrestled with and eventually put up for a very small amount of cover and someone made some rain soup underneath it. After a while, their feet and hands got a little too chilly so they headed back in to the warm.

BEECH

Beech class were mostly excited to see the rain and managed not to be too disappointed that the snow hadn’t settled. They set up a base and began adding as many logs as they could to keep the cold and wind out. They worked together well considering there was a lot of people fighting for space. A group were thrilled that they didn’t have to work very hard to find the squishiest mud. They slopped it into a bucket and began mixing their mud soup. Some children enjoyed just jumping up and down and splashing in the puddles!

MAPLE

Maple were deeply concerned by the wet weather and some looked very confused that they would have to go out in it! The wind had kicked up a little bit, so the shelter was basically pointless too! A group found a conker with a root trying to fight its way out to grow and they decided on a place to bury it, so that hopefully there’ll be some more conkers in a few years. Elsewhere the swing was incredibly popular (even if it was very muddy) and a group of minions were kind of minioning around in the cold too!