Afternoon sessions at Pendrell Hall

After dinner, Mrs Hunter took the adults for a creative writing activity whilst Mrs Bell worked with the children on Design and Technology. As it was Mother's Day the next day, we made lovely pop up cards as a surprise. Children enjoyed using a variety of resources to create excellent cards. An hour went by so quickly, we had to send a message to the adults - they were given permission to have a cup of tea. Joshua came back saying, "They are all worn out!"

Children next had the task of showing how they write a setting for an imaginative story. They wanted to go out in the woods to get more ideas. Good try, Lewis, but Mrs Hunter was having none of that! Despite a slow start, we had eight fantastic pieces of writing by the end. Mums with their new found skills were able to help their children. There was evidence of paired discussion and use of powerful language. The stories were read out in the evening to a spell-bound audience. Even Mrs Bell was speechless with the high standard of work produced by her class, and she knows how good they are!

After all that brain work, David suggested making kites and flying them. What fun we had! There was laughter all around as the children, followed by the adults had a race. Emilia's Nanny was grateful when Mrs Bell asked if she could do the race for her.