Here is the knight themed poetry box we made S for his birthday. To find out why and how click here.
Portrait Exploration
S has been exploring the paintings and style of Pablo Picasso at school this term. Over the holidays he created a Picasso Style portrait of A. When at the Roald Dalhl Museum, we also made some portraits using the character building resources they have on offer. Our final portrait exploration was a Matisse – painting…
Painted Eggs
We have been inspired by the beautifully painted eggs on the Imagine Childhood Blog to paint some of our own. First the boys had a good try at egg blowing… Then we spent a lovely morning painting the eggs, waiting for them to dry and adding more layers of detail. We hung them in our…
On the Trail of Benjamin Britten
Tuesday saw us take a trip we have been planning for sometime. Several years ago we bought this book in the Aldeburgh Bookshop and have been waiting to go on “The Trail of Benjamin Britten”. Our day started with a bike ride from Aldeburgh to Snape Maltings where Britten created a concert hall in the…
Poetry Box
Each year we make a poetry box for the boys’ birthdays. A recently turned 6 and had a bunny themed birthday. Here is the bunny poetry box we made him. A link to how we created them can be found here.
A Day at The Roald Dahl Museum
We have been waiting to revisit The Roald Dahl Museum since it closed last year due to flood damage. We started the day doing the countryside walk which takes you into woods, across meadows and through the railway bridge where Roald Dahl told stories to his own children. It was a beautiful place to walk…
“Let’s Go Fly a Kite”
When we returned home after a lovely morning of Poppins Play, the boys carried on playing with the kites they had made and the kites we have at home. To add to our kite collection we found a beautiful old copy of a kite my Grandad used to make with us. Using just an A4…
Poppins Play
The boys had the most wonderful morning at Wandlebury Country Park exploring the stories of Mary Poppins through dance, storytelling and craft with Vital Spark Theatre. Here are some of our highlights. Afterwards we had our usual exploration of Wandlebury before a Mary Poppins themed picnic lunch under a beautiful blossom tree which included star…
Woven Easter Nests
With all the strong winds we have had this year there has been an abundance of fallen twigs and branches. Scattered on the ground they looked like giant nests! We gathered up some of the twigs and with a log, a hammer and some nails we used them to make some nests. We originally wanted…
A Celebration of Books on World Book Day
No introduction needed really but here are some of our book highlights from the year.
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