On Friday 29th, the children had a range of activities to choose from that they normally would not do in school. They were singing songs from Disney films and musicals, making\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shrinkies, doing outdoor activities, Forest School and origami.<\/p>\n
One activity on offer was Shrinkies. The children had to trace designs onto a piece of plastic (Shrinkies). Once they had, the design was heated in the oven for a minute and turned into an awesome keychain. Sophia in Year 5 said \u201cWe used a stencil to colour on the\u00a0 Shrinkies. My favourite part was when we put it in the oven and watched the plastic shrink\u2014it curled up.\u201d<\/p>\n
The children doing origami folded, cut paper and stuck on googly eyes to create some\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fantastic pieces of paper art. Some of the designs being made were birds and snake\u00a0\u00a0 bookmarks. There was even an Iron Man and a princess. Robert in Year 6 made bookmarks that looked like sharks. \u201cIt was easy to make the bookmarks, but I found the decorating a bit tricky.\u201d<\/p>\n
The children that had chosen to sing had great fun learning the words and melodies to some very famous songs, like \u2018Under the Sea\u2019 from the Little Mermaid and \u2018My Favourite Things\u2019 from the Sound of Music. It was lovely to hear the children singing \u2018A Million Dreams\u2019 from the Greatest Showman with such passion! Lily in Reception got to choose a song for everyone to sing and she chose \u2018This is Me\u2019 from the Greatest Showman. \u201cThis is my absolute favourite song. I love, love, love it!\u201d<\/p>\n
The group of children doing Forest School were split into two groups. One group sat around the fire, whittling sticks to be able to cook their bread. The other group got really messy and made the bread. Both groups then swapped over and had a go at the other\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 activity. Holly Zorn enjoyed\u00a0 whittling the sticks down so she could toast her bread. \u201cI liked toasting it on the fire. The bread was really tasty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Mackarness came over from Chiddingly to join Mr Lawrence in leading a range of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 outdoor activities, such as Frisbee, wellie-boot wanging, skittles and tag rugby. The sun was shining and the weather was perfect to be outdoors! Samuel said \u201cI played rugby, Frisbee and wellie-wanging. Football was my favourite and I had a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
It has been a really successful Enrichment Morning, we are already looking forward to the next one!<\/p>\n
If you have any activities or skills that you would like to share with the children for the next enrichment morning, please contact the school office. Alternatively, if you would like to help out in the mornings, please speak to your child\u2019s class teacher.<\/p>\n
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