Sunday, 1 March 2020

What We've Been Up to #23

We're a little behind, but here's what we did in the second half of the autumn term...

All set up for Daddy's cheese party in Cardiff

Ptolemy is ill and misses the party; Mummy stays at home to look after him.

Playing with Uncle Steve at the party

Zachary won a merit award at Boys Brigade

Making 'Indy 500' American board games

Pony stroking at the Miniature Pony Centre

Now Tahlia will never believe me that unicorns don't exist.

Stroking a cockroach

Driving his own tractor

Tasty ice cream (and tasty leftovers for Mummy!)

Wandering the field to stroke all the ponies

Cuddle time!

We had a lovely visit from Marni and Miriam and little Gabriella 

We were in bed so Jory got his own breakfast

Making a ball run at the World of Country Life

Baby ostrich!

'On a boat' with Jacqui at creche, St Thomas Baptist Church 

Enjoying a ride in the back of Uncle Julian's homemade rickshaw

Hard work cycling around the muddy field!

Dressing up as native American Indians for our country study

'Camouflaged' hiding under the table for the Karma Chameleon song (music class at Head Hub) 

Jory makes his own pasta hedgehog at Head Hub

Microbit coding at Headhub

All ready for the rain!

Choosing a glowing necklace at the Light and Bright party, Belmont


Jory spent ages making his firework picture

Fun with Grandma Jeanette and sparklers

Drawing circles with sparklers

Playing table football at the party

Wrapped up and ready to watch some fireworks!

Crashing the car into the house at Torquay Museum

Playing a game about Percy Fawcett at Torquay Museum

Zachary builds his own Assyrian 'Royal Road'  - the longest road of the time

Hawaii week in our country study: Making pineapple and coconut upside down cake

Doing the limbo in homemade Hawaiian skirts

Come on Jory!

American Indian teepees

Jory's favourite place to escape from it all

A trip to visit the Merrivale Prehistoric settlement

A long row of stones with a burial cairn at the midpoint

Examining a burial cist

Tavistock playground

More sparklers at home

Fun at Living Coasts

Reshaping the islands and trying to catch the treasure chest

Decorating our fish before they appear, swimming on the big screen

Torquay Marina

Mummy's chocolate orange gluten and dairy free birthday cake (it was actually very good!)

Helping Mummy open her cards and presents


Present from Tahlia: a large selection of pictures

Special birthday breakfast: M&S pastries!

Dressing up at Taunton Museum

Not a big fan of his outfit

Parachute games for Mummy's birthday

Musical chairs

Blowing out the candles (with help!)

Heading to Circa 1924 as a birthday treat

Eating oysters for the first time, not by choice, as it was part of the tasting menu

Climbing to the top at St Thomas playground

Then we headed to Cardiff for Mummy's party

Making party hats

Cuddles with Kalina

Hat is finished!

More making

Pass the parcel with our eyes shut (or just a bad photo...)

Blowing out the candles on a chocolate and raspberry cake

Moving onto Italy in our country study - the pizza game

Then we made our own pizza

Making slime and Hedge group

The Romans: making mosaics

Showing off their Roman helmets

An 'archaeological dig' treasure hunt

Practising drum beats in music class

Making lanterns at Head Hub

Visiting Escot

We finally made it to the centre of the maze (it's really hard!)

Making a structure using marshmallows and cocktail sticks at Hedge

Dressing up time!

Jory set up a train and everyone joined in

Playing card games at Hedge

This has become the tradition at tidy up time, with ever increasing numbers of kids!

Assyrians board game: the palm tree game

Zachary's wall chart on the Assyrians

Visiting the Narnia Experience at St Thomas

Aslan needed stroking

Mrs Badger's log cabin
One of the nastier Caesars...

...And a nicer one

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius (using bicarb, vinegar and food colouring)

Playing an Italian lottery game

Gondola making




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