Afternoon Fun at Pendrell Hall

The midday activity was a fantastic Number trail. David gave families some clues that entailed counting, looking for shapes and even working out hard multiplication! Maths has never been so much fun. Children were rushing from one clue to another, trying to get as much achieved as possible in the time given. It was great fun!

After a delicious lunch (calorie free, too, David assured us!), we set off to do more activities. Parents were given a break from their children. Jessica worked hard with the children to make some wonderful marzipan fruits. They looked brilliant, colourful and delicious.





Mrs Bell helped the children to make origami candy bags and a box. It was quite hard to do this but everyone coped well and produced a bag and box each. The sweets were attractively arranged for the children to present to parents later.








Parent in the meantime were creating POETRY. Mrs Hunter used a well known poet to demonstrate how similies can be used for effective writing. Parents used this style to write a poem about their children. There was some hard thinking going on whilst parents wrote! The results were amazing and did have some parents in tears! Words are very powerful and to be able to use them to describe people they love made the session emotional.




To calm the situation down, David made kites with the families. Parents had to listen carefully to instructions to help children made kites that WOULD fly in the wind.
They were well tested out - Mrs Bell heard the noise whilst trying to do some MARKING in her room. By the time she came to take photos, the rain had started and everyone was coming back in! Too late, Mrs Bell!


This fun activity was followed by learning a second language. Jessica did some Spanish with parents whilst Mrs Hunter and Mrs Bell helped the pupils to write an entry in their diary. This was followed with aerobics and some PSHE games. Everyone had a great time! Jessica then taught the children a little Spanish. They worked hard to learn numbers to ten, some greetings and some colours. Well done, everyone!

It was soon time to get ready for the POSH dinner. We couldn't wait to see Matthew and his dad in their smart shirts!