So for every workshop, I always make some yummy home made delights as the children always get mega hungry after working so hard. I always give them fresh fruit and water, but there’s nothing like a small treat to keep their enthusiasm going. Throughout my time running the workshops, I have tried a variety of …
Pablo Picasso The Spring workshop sessions are always planned around ideas the children have given me during the Winter term. I try to develop activities which include both processes and subjects the children wish to explore more. This Spring, the Tuesday evening class get to try out a number of different processes – drawing, painting, …
Under the Sea Christmas seems such a distant memory now, but it’s fun to move on to the Spring workshops, as these sessions are always planned around ideas the children have given me during the Winter term. I try to develop activities which include both processes and subjects the children wish to explore more. This …
Night Skies, Stars and Christmas Robins. Week 6: Finishing off all our Christmas crafts – the children completed their Christmas Robins and their embroideries from week 4. Adding the finishing touches to the Robins really brought them to life, each one with their own little character. Along with the embroideries the children had two gorgeous …
Night Skies, Stars and Christmas Robins. Week 5: Continuing with Christmas crafts, this final activity stretched over the last 2 weeks of the workshop. We revisited an activity which we did at Eater time – making birds, but instead of Easter Chicks we made Christmas Robins! I also let the children in on some of …
Night Skies, Stars and Christmas Robins. Week 4: This week brought to a conclusion the night skies theme, as well as introducing Christmas into the mix – it was all about stars!! After spending the previous weeks looking at and drawing stars, the children were introduced to the ‘technical’ challenge of this workshop block – …