2015/2016 – Festivals and Special Days

Halloween 31/10/2015

Ghost Leaves

Bonfire Night 05/11/2015

We made our very own Bonfire out of leaves.

Bonfire Night 05/11/2015

Colouring in firework pictures.

Bonfire Night 05/11/2015

We made our own sparklers.

Bonfire Night 05/11/2015

We had lots of fun with real sparklers and were very safe.

Remembrance Day 11/11/2015

We created our own Poppies out of mixed mediums.

Remembrance Day 11/11/2015

We created our own Poppies out of mixed mediums.

Diwali 09/11/2015

We made our own rangoli pictures.

Diwali 09/11/2015

We made our own Diaw lamps to celebrate the festival of light.

Diwali 09/11/2015

Our Diwali lanterns and a Rangoli pattern made from loom bands

Diwali 09/11/2015

Indian elephants using our handprint for Diwali.

Steve Irwin Day 15/11/2015

We made our own animals up. We wonder what would happen if they actually existed.

Thanksgiving 26/11/2015

make as many smaller words using the word THANKSGIVING as we could. How many can you make?

Thanksgiving 26/11/2015

Turkeys.

Steve Irwin Day 15/11/2015

We made our own animals up. We wonder what would happen if they actually existed.

Road Safety Week 23/11/2015

We had a chat about the highway code what we should do to stay safe on the roads. We made traffic light and zebra crossing biscuits. This was the best photo we could get as a lot had already been demolished!

St Andrews Day 30/11/2015

We chatted about the story of St Andrew and then made this cards for our family.

Christmas

Can anyone guess what the challenge was… Who knew you could be so creative with toilet roll! These snow children are brilliant!

Christmas

Pin the nose on Rudolph.

Christmas

We made yummy Gingerbread men and women.

Christmas

Decorations

Christmas

Chinese New Year 08/02/16

Chinese New Year and China week. White Crane martial arts came into the Infant school today to give the children a Chinese Dragon workshop. Fusion were extremely lucky to be treated to a little show/demonstration by the guys! We were able to see the craftsmanship that goes into making the dragon heads and all the wonderful colours and textures. Thank you so much, it was very kind of you and you made the children (and our) afternoon!

Chinese New Year 08/02/2016

Chinese New Year and China week. Monkey profiles

Chinese New Year 08/02/2016

Chinese New Year 08/02/16

Chinese cootie catcher dragons.

Chinese New Year 08/02/2016

We made dumplings and the children made fortunes for each other.

Chinese New Year 08/02/2016

Chinese New Year 08/02/16

What became of the Monkey Monkey Monkey…

Shrove Tuesday 08/02/2016

Shrove Tuesday. Pancake Day. We had pancakes for pudding today. We tried to get a photo but the pancakes were gone before we could take one! We also spoke about Lent and what we are going to give up.

Valentines Day 14/02/2016

Acrostic Poems.

Valentines Day 14/02/2016

We made valentine cards for our loved ones.

Valentines Day 14/02/2016

We made heart cushions using the sewing machine.

Valentines Day 14/02/2016

Hamma bead love hearts.

St David’s Day 01/03/2016

we celebrated St David’s by making these daffodils.

St David’s Day 01/03/2016

Welsh word scrambler.

St David’s Day 01/03/2016

Quiz.

Mothering Sunday 06/03/2016

Mothering Sunday. We made flower biscuits, decorated and packaged them, ready for the special ladies in our lives to enjoy. We spoke about the importance and meaning of Mother’s Day and all the important ladies in our lives; grandmas, sisters, cousins, aunts, family friends, neighbours.

Mothering Sunday 06/03/2016

We made badges for the women we love in our life. We spoke about the importance and meaning of Mother’s Day and all the important ladies in our lives; grandmas, sisters, cousins, aunts, family friends, neighbours.

Mothering Sunday 06/03/2016

We decorated glass jars and placed tea lights in them so our mums could light them and relax. We spoke about the importance and meaning of Mother’s Day and all the important ladies in our lives; grandmas, sisters, cousins, aunts, family friends, neighbours.

St Patrick’s Day 17/03/2016

We made this rainbow and a pot of gold at the end.

St Patrick’s Day

Word scrambler and quiz to celebrate.

Easter 25/03/2016

Easter Egg hunt, the children found al the clues and had lots of fun!

Easter 25/03/2016

Making Easter nests, they were delicious!

Easter 25/03/2016

Easter threading and puzzles.

Easter 25/03/2016

Easter Egg nests.

Easter 25/03/2016

We made our very own Easter bonnets.

Queen’s Birthday 21/04/2016-11/06/2016

The female staff at Fusion wanted to be Princesses for the day.

Queen’s Birthday 21/04/16 – 11/06/16

We played, ‘If I were Queen for the day’, sung the National Anthem and also played a game of pin the crown on your Majesty.

Queen’s Birthday 21/04/16 – 11/06/16

We made bunting for the Queen’s 90th Birthday that maybe she could put up around Buckingham palace.

Queen’s Birthday 21/04/2016-11/06/2016

We made invitation and designed her party dress. We had a mini DJ disco party but unfortunately her Majesty had prior engagements.

Queen’s Birthday 21/04/16 – 11/06/16

We celebrate the Queen’s birthday by making some cupcakes for her. Yum Yum

St Georges Day 23/04/2016

George and the Dragon

St Georges Day 23/04/2016

Mixed medium flag.

Shakespeare Day 23/04/2016

Shakespearian Quiz and puzzles.

Shakespeare Day 23/04/2016

Activities to celebrate Shakespeare day.

Passover 22/04/16-30/04/16

We celebrated Passover by decorating Elijah cups and having a chat about it. Some of our children were taking part in Passover so they explained to their peers.