There are times when one or two of the children decide they don’t want to go out, as they scowl from the door. They declare, as they sit in the car, that they are not going to enjoy it. They’d rather be at home. Playing in the garden. Smile. As […]
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It wouldn’t be May Bank Holiday without……
It wouldn’t be May Bank Holiday without…… seeing a little maypole dancing. And this is one of the best I have seen. With live music of the best kind. Audience clapping along. Keeping a tradition alive. Accomplishing complicated weaving. They seemed happy to be joining in. So there you are. We […]
Read moreCastle visiting
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 […]
Read moreCrafting 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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