Another year has come to an end – and this year we say goodbye, not just to the children, but to Mrs Bell as well, who is going to enjoy her well earned retirement. Thanks for everything Elaine!
Monthly Archives: December 2013
icypole painting
We have been doing icypole painting lately – Bree told us about it – what a great, simple and effective art idea! Freeze some watercolors into icypole moulds and then draw with them. Re – freeze the icypoles when you have finished – no waste and ready to go again next time. A great idea for any time of the year.
Ava found it interesting to print with the ice as well.
Our chook pen is christened
Mr Bell has finished our spacious chook pen – no timber anywhere in it to harbour the parasites that bother chooks so much, and by shifting a panel of fencing, it uses a space that was otherwise not available… anyway, Hamish asked his brother Darcy if we could borrow 2 of his chooks until the end of the year – and Hamish’s dad, Cameron brought them in.
The little half grown chooks were soon at home, and we had an exciting time getting to know them.
Summer temperatures in the Mallee being what they are, we will send these chooks home again and get some back at the start of the new kinder year. But we have had fun feeding them our scraps, and there have been a few discussions about why we aren’t already getting eggs from them!
Thanks to the McKay family for their help!
the outside library and supermarket
Breanna and Hamish knew exactly what they wanted to do before they went outside to play – to use the shade to make a cubby – pegs and curtains did that, plus mats, milk crates, soft blocks old laptops etc (negotiating the sharing with the boys who were making a police station).
At first it was a library – complete with the scanner from a cardboard box and tube they made to use in it – and some carefully selected books from inside. The next day they set it up again, but moved onto a supermarket.
And what a sense of power when the adults have to come down literally to their height to get inside to buy something….