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On their 'outdoor classroom' sessions through out October and November the bonfire at the bottom of School Lane has been a source of lots of exploration!The 'raw materials' mysteriously appeared and the pile seemed to get bigger each week! Of course we all had to investigate closely. The two year olds found apples still on one of the branches...

For the first time in 5 years our unique annual picnic was rained off! Instead of a picnic near the stream in the Park we had a party in the village hall.... ... but we still had ride on the children's favourite form of transport...tractor and trailer! Almost all of our leavers were able to attend, and we were able to fit just about everyone on...

On election day Thursday 7th May we had our own vote at Grasshoppers. There has been a  project to vote for Britain's National bird http://www.votenationalbird.com, so while the grown ups voted for the next prime minister, the children at Grasshoppers put their cross in the box of the bird they liked the best! There was a list of 10 birds too...

We celebrated St. David's and St. Patrick's Day in March, this month it was red and white for St.George on Thursday 23rd! Did you know Shakespeare was born and died on Gt. George's Day? http://www.visitleicester.info/things-to-see-and-do/festivals-celebrations/st-georges-festival/st-georges-day-facts/ We did lots of craft activities; some...

This year we had even more  entries than last ...  ...what a creative lot! On Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd April,we had the judging and our Easter Parades. A winner was chosen for each day and an overall winner. The hats were very varied and we had lots of lovely feedback about the fun had (and mess made!) at home so we hope to do more...

To celebrate world book day this year, the children and staff all dressed as book characters and what a great selection we had!    As expected we had the full cast of 'Frozen', but also some characters from traditional fairy tales......     Heroes of old an right up to date! And lots of the costumes required props! As usual...

We have been celebrating British Breakfast Week this week ,http://www.shakeupyourwakeup.com,learning where our favourite breakfast ingredients come from. As not many of the nursery children regularly eat breakfast at nursery, we have been having 'breakfast snacks'!   On Monday we had weetabix and shredded wheat with milk and talked about...

Tuesday 9th December- after 2 weeks of rehearsing our inaugural nativity took place - it was organised chaos with lots of stars but as many  reluctant performers, but we had a full church and the performance was really well received!     We got all of the children up to the church half an hour early and dressed them all in their...

Every year Overbury School http://www.overbury.worcs.sch.uk run a 'build a Guy' competition, we have entered in the past and thought we would try again this year.This was our entry, he  took 2 days to create and was the work of LOTS of children, working together. We were given a suit used for spraying the crops and straw from the farm and the...

We had two pyjama days to raise money for Children in Need, I'm not sure who enjoyed this comfortable option the most...the children or the staff!! We also sold our baking; cup cakes, Pudsey biscuits and krispie cakes. The children of all ages coloured Pudsey Bear pictures which have made a lovely display in the cloakroom. We managed to raise...