Having had E since sat, we asked if anyone fancied an extra weds4ed so that we could blend that with nattyem coming to pick up E. no-one else was free, so we went with an arts theme, an extended pottery morning, and a musical afternoon. The pottery worked v v well, with the usual suspects taking time and care to get their creations to fit with their internal visions. Although R struggled with her vision initially, i really loved the outcome. in fact, as always, I am always impressed with what all the kids do when given time and encouragement to follow their vision of the brief. Brief – pinch plant pot to grow ‘hair’ in, or slab mug making. Don’t they look fab!
We had a roasted veg pasta bake for lunch, and cake and muffins 
and then went on to do some music. SB and FrB did some General Musicianship with me – starting on grade 1 which they could do easily, so Grade 2 next time. The with E and nattyem we did lots of recorder duets for descant and treble on a variety of recorders. Think we all did very well – though i realised it is so long since i last played a treble that i have ‘forgotten’ the instinctive placement of fingers – eek! Much more musical than Sunday’s karaoke!
the bigger girls finished the day with a board game, and the younger ones were minecrafting. All having fun whilst we grown ups chatted over a well earned cup of tea. My girls did some conquer maths, and the older ones some latin before judo for all. We finished the day watching the british sewing bee.
A very productive day, love the pots