Today, we needed to get out. Whatever the weather threw at us. At the beginning of the week, the children and I had made a list of things we’d like to do this half-term break. Visiting a castle was one. Today seemed like just the day. Especially if a pub […]
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Crafting in History
Yesterday, we headed into Bristol to the M Shed. I’d spotted in the Primary Times magazine that they had a medieval craft exhibition. History and craft rolled into one sounded like a good event. They had spinning, weaving and dyeing exhibits. There was a room where children could have a […]
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It’s half term. True to form, the battle between the washing machine and the growing pile of muddy clothes has begun. My children are not put off playing outside by the small matter of rain. If they can stand up, then off they go. Walkie-talkies in hand. Rather than showing […]
Read moreNot letting the weather stop them
Yesterday, it rained, hailed and snowed, and all before it was 9am. Like the rest of Somerset, we have had record breaking rain fall this winter. The land is saturated. When it rains, the lanes turn into streams, as the water runs off the fields. Some stretches are best described […]
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