Summer Term 2015 A quick catch up

28/04/2015 Being creative

Painting pebbles

Hama beads

Careful colouring

12/05/2015 Collage

Foil leaf pictures

02/06/2015 Modelling

Air dry clay

Can't beat good old playdoh

16/06/2015 Road Safety

Personalised cars

Scalextric

More car makes!

30/06/2015 Bouncing balls

No photo's this week but we made bouncing balls using pva and borax (http://sciencebob.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Bouncy_Ball2.pdf) and loom bands (http://www.redtedart.com/2015/04/28/diy-bouncy-balls-a-great-way-to-use-up-rainbow-loom-bands/)

14/07/2015

Scrapbooks for the summer

Playing together

Playing catch up: 09/09/2014, 23/09/2014

Life is hectic at the moment offering me little time on the computer so here is a quick round up of what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks.

09/09/2014 Thread painting and flat breads

Marble and thread painting

This activity was organised by a young lady working towards her Arts Award. There were two techniques to try:

15/07/2014 Butterflies and rockets

Armed with our print outs courtesy of the big butterfly count  we explored the long grass area in the local churchyard and managed to identify a White butterfly, a Ringlet, a Speckled Wood and a Red Admiral before we scared them all away. There were also a number of smaller brown butterflies darting around that refused to settle so we couldn't identify which they were.

08/07/2014: Bouncing with mischief

Counting

We seem to have a lot of boys with us at the moment and yesterday it felt as if they had all been touched with the joy of summer. Watching them reminded me of my early years of home educating with my eldest boy (now 12) when I didn't feel the need to do any formal work throughout the warmer months.

24/06/2014: What a scorcher!

Working towards an arts award

I think that most of us will agree that recently the temperature has been fairly high, perhaps uncomfortably high for some. Today was no exception and there was a definite feeling of lethargy at our group.

17/06/2014: Coke and Mentos

Our last session was a hot one. After half an hour of creating Hero Factory characters we were all ready to head off to the park to have a play with diet coke and mentos. What were the results of our experimentation? We found out that it was a great way to have a lot of fun!

20/05/2014: Paint, soap and beads

Rainbow

Another great session. Lots of colourful pictures, the children are clearly a talented bunch!

01/04/2014 Eggs galore!

Today we had the hama beads out for decorating Easter cards. They had a special surprise in them, a small packet of poppy seeds for scattering!

11/02/2014: Valentines

Butterfly craft

Thank you everybody who came today. It was a fabulous session, slow to get going but great once everybody made it. I did think that the pouring rain was going to be a downer but it swiftly passed leaving us with the unexpected bonus of a sunny day.

28/01/2014: Chinese New Year

Chinese style painting

The sun was shining brightly this morning as we started our latest meeting in Okeford Fitzpaine. We were a little light on the toy front but had lots of other activities to enjoy.

14/01/2014 New beginnings

New hall © E Weeks

This was our first time in our new hall. It was slightly intimidating walking into that large space not really sure where to put everything. But we quickly settled in, got the toys out and muddled our way through the session.