MID TERM BREAK

We will be closed for mid-term break from Monday 31st October until Friday 4th November,

re-opening Monday 7th November –

Happy Halloween everyone!

It’s all getting very Hallowe’eny this week at The Children’s House!! We will be getting ready for Hallowe’en by doing lots of arts & crafts; we will be making pumpkin, ghost & spider art & learning about the parts of the pumpkin – before we carve it! We will also be learning about Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights which originated in India, which falls this week; this is a wonderful occasion which celebrates the victory of light over dark, and good over evil; we will be learning about all the different preparations and rituals that are practised at this time such as the lighting of lamps, the cleaning of houses to let go of unnecessary things and worries, and the wearing of new clothes to mark the beginning of a new journey by forgetting all the troubles of the past and stepping into the light. Then we will be doing some spooky science experiments – making a bubbling witches brew, & slime – and at the end of the week we will be having a fancy dress Hallowe’en party, & playing lots of games – it’s going to be a great week!!!

5 Little Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate,                                     (hold up 5 fingers)
The 1^st one said “Oh my, it’s getting late!”                             (put hands to cheeks)
The 2^nd one said “There are witches in the air,”                      (flutter fingers above head)
The 3^rd one said “but we don’t care!”                                      (shake head)
The 4^th one said “let’s run & run & run”                                 (mime running with arms)
The 5^th one said “I’m ready for some fun!”                            (thumbs up)
Then ‘Oooo’ went the wind, and out went the lights…           (clap hands)
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!                      (roll arms)