Monthly Archives: July 2012

Our highlights this week

Physics in the park We have been learning about friction, and how lack of friction can greatly improve your slide experiences! Annabelle suited up in her waterproofs and wellies for a wet trip to the park, and she loved how …

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Coloured Ice Balloons

These have been in the freezer for a while, waiting for an outing and at last we had a warm afternoon (after a morning of rain!) to try them out! We made them by adding food colouring to water before …

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Mud-tastic!

This weekend we have been out exploring on our bikes and getting lovely and muddy! Last year we were recommended a trail called The Middlewood Way, which is a 10 mile long track running from Marple to Macclesfield. We had …

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salad spinner art

I have been looking forward to sharing this! I saw this idea on Pinterest whilst looking for ideas for plate art and it was one of those activities that made me think “Yes, this is for us, we must try …

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Recycle, upcycle, repurpose…

… Whatever you call it, we took some old plates and made them better!! It was time to get rid of these old plates as the glaze had cracked. We had some little pots of acrylic paint left from some …

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