This term, the classes have been using all the new fresh green leaves that have come out on the trees to create some beautiful hammered leaf prints. This was done by gathering up a selection of different leaves of all shapes and sizes, which were then placed on half of a piece of fabric. Folding the fabric in half, a hammer was then used to bash the fabric all over; with every bash, the juices from the leaves came out onto the fabric, creating a symmetrical picture.
Each class was given a tub filled with double cream and tasked with shaking it all the way to the woods. Arriving at the woods, the tub was opened and the cream was no longer cream—all that shaking had turned the cream to butter. The children were able to try the butter on a cracker, with many of them loving it and asking for seconds.
The dens created this term have been very creative. The children in Foxes gathered themselves up a selection of long sticks all roughly the same size and length. Using other lumps of wood, they bashed their sticks into the ground, creating a fence around their den. They also gathered lumps of rock to create a pretend campfire.
