We had our first proper meeting today and although lots of people couldn’t make it, it worked I think. It was quite hard work with everything being new for everyone but everyone left happy. We:

• did some running around / crawling / hopping / bum shuffling to get rid of any excess energy!
• ate biscuits
• had circle time, passing a shell to speak and say our names and favourite things to do
• looked at books on plants and animals, did some drawing and made animals out of quick-drying clay
• played with a silk parachute
• had a story called Parrot Tico Tango who kept stealing his friends’ fruit - with a big soft parrot puppet
• sang a song round the campfire (torches under red tissue paper with sticks on the top and the lights out - looks like embers!)