Christmas grotto in our Nursery

This Christmas we have built a Santa's grotto in Nursery. 

 

 

We have used the backdrop for last year's Christmas production, made by the Artclub, and  hung pieces of voille in front and at the side to create an area where the children can play. 

 

 

They have enjoyed dressing up in the Christmas clothes, using the elf masks to act and simply enjoyed sitting on the bean bags looking at the Christmas books and tree.  It is great to be able to show off our children's artwork once again!

Launching our new project - the Robin Hood Pom-pom Owl

 

 

At the Christmas Fair on Saturday I was busy helping people make pom-poms.  Many pupils brought their families in to make pom-poms that will make the Robin Hood School owl.

 

 

Why an owl? 

 

 After our fabulous sheep project I have some lovely coloured yarn that just needs to be made into something.  This kind donation came from Edward Hill and Co. at Hollings Mill in Bradford and the Robin Hood School community.

 

For the sheep project we had to use wool as the exhibition it was made for was celebrating British wool. For this project there are no boundaries in what we can use, so wool, cotton, mixed yarns and feathers can all be included.

 

The creams, browns, blacks and greys are just the colours I would want to use to make an owl.

 

 

Of course, the Owl is synonymous with Leeds.  Owls appear on the Leeds Coat of Arms. Around the city centre, owls appear in many places - in Millennium Square, on St. Annes Cathedral and in the Leeds Tapestry, to name but a few. When I started researching the Leeds Owl I found out there are so many that there is a Leeds Owl trail where you can find the owls throughout the city www.leedsowltrail.com/.

 

At the fair I set the challenge of designing the Robin Hood Owl and many took me up on that challenge.



Lots of you have asked when we are having another pom-pom day in which every child in school makes a pom-pom.  The finished pom-pom will make up the finished owl.  This I will organise, so watch this space!

 

 

So thankyou for all your making - I hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did.