Monday, April 11, 2011

GIVE IT SOME WELLY! What a wonderful day.



We all had a fantastic day when we participated in 'Give it some welly.' I hope your children went home with an overdose of fresh air and outdoor fun! It was lovely to see every child in the school joining in, working together in mixed age groups and helping each other. Everyone was on task and the school grounds were remarkably quiet with everyone concentrating on what they were doing. Thank you to the parents who joined us at the end of the school day and participated in some of the activities.
The activities in the photographs are:
  • Tree planting- we planted around 30 new trees and created a new woodland area on the hill consisting of silver birch, cherry and oak. Lets hope they all grow!
  • Make a shelter.
  • Make a skeleton from found twigs.
  • Build an elf house.
  • Make a mud tree face.
  • Make a nature crown.
  • Twig towers.
  • Welly wanging.
  • Hug a tree.
  • We had a welly treasure hunt after school.
  • Welly line dancing.
  • Welly cake auction.
Enjoy the photographs.
Thank you to all Penygawsi staff who joined in and worked hard in making this a really successful event :0)
Mrs James

Allotment update!!!

JUST TO KEEP YOU IN THE PICTURE!
We are having a site survey carried out on Thursday am to see if there are any services or utilities in the ground where we plan to put the allotment and pond area. If all goes to plan then we will hopefully be able to start after the Easter holidays.
The final count with fundraising from the Welly Walk is ....

£2,396.26
Thank you.

We can't wait to spend all of it on this wonderful outdoor learning area. Watch this space.
The Forest Rangers :o)




Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Sponsor Winners

Well done to SAM BURGE and LEWIS REES for collecting over £115.00 each in the sponsored welly walk. They both collected certificates in our special 'give it some welly' assembly and will both receive a yearly subscription to the Woodland Trust Nature Detective magazine and membership. Watch out for the post boys it will be coming soon!

Thank you for your huge effort in raising so much money!!

Apologise for no recent postings....my computer has beeen unwell and caught a bug!
Mrs James.