
The countdown is on, I hope you are making the most of your time before the summer break to nurture yourselves and recharge your batteries for the 6 weeks ahead. Take some time for yourself each day leading up to the summer break, 10 minutes a day at the very least, sit down and put your feet up, meet with a friend, go for a walk, anything that you enjoy doing to prepare you for what lies ahead. If you are relaxed and calm, you will feel more like engaging with this weeks activity over the summer.
Children (of all ages) love junk modelling. Why not start collecting random bits of junk, boxes, tubes, sweet wrappers, buttons, lace, wool, material, stickers, bottle tops, anything you can find that that will fuel your children's imagination. If you do this activity outside, the possibilities are endless, try using glitter, sequins, coloured sand, leaves, grass, flower petals, the list is endless. Set down an old bedsheet on the floor, put all your junk on it along with PVA glue, masking tape, sellotape, glue sticks etc. and just let your children's imagination run away! Have fun and join in, you won't believe how therapeutic and calming it is. Take lots of pictures of your creations and if you have a printer, try making them into cards to give to the family, or make collages to put on the wall. The junk models won't last forever but the pictures will.
Beware, next weeks activities are not for the faint-hearted, they are all about slime making and VERY messy play!
And finally, our positive thought of the week:
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!
If you have a parenting concern, you can contact Mrs Easty via the school office - admin@burlingtoni.org.uk