30/10/2025
We have had such a great couple of holiday clubs this half term.
Wednesday was all about bows and arrows. We spent the morning making bows, sharpening arrows, building dens, painting targets, making tabbards, head bands and painting faces in our team colours.
After lunch, after a bit of target practise, we split into 2 teams and had a crazy, chaotic but extremely fun few games chasing through the woods with our bows and arrows.
Sounds a bit risky perhaps? Not at all! The children were completely involved in deciding our safety rules, doing a risk benefit assessment with us to ensure we could keep each other safe whilst still having fun. This included having safety zones and safe words.
There was such a lot of learning taking place throughout the day, including social justice, collaboration, cooperation and resilience.
Thursday was a calmer day full of Halloween themed creativity.
We learnt about Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival that celebrated the harvest just collected and prepared for the oncoming colder months.
We decorated pumpkins; made paracord skeletons, Halloween lanterns, lavender pouches, spiders webs and much more!
Thanks to Poppy, Phil and Erica for making the sessions run so smoothly. And to Becky for coming in to do some thoughtful crafts.
And thank you to all the children for being absolutely impeccably behaved.
Our next holiday clubs won't be until February but it will be here before we know it!
