Wednesday

It was a beautiful day for the final maypole practise before May Day. After the dancing Hannah played outside in the woods with her friends while most of the adults enjoyed the sun and chatted over picnic lunches.

Such a lovely day!

Rays of sunshine :-)

Schooly Things

Hannah has been working on science, geography and math this week.

She has reviewed multiplication and division but I forgot to take pictures.

She has worked through some of her science book learning about cells and the human heart,

and has completed two activities in her geography book.

Drama At Rackham

Hannah had a great day at Rackham yesterday. She joined the drama group there for the first time, and absolutely loved it. I even got to watch which was really nice. The drama teacher is so great with the children, and they all seemed to be having such a fun time.

They played games, learnt stage directions and acted out a story (which they first made up) in pictures.

Afterwards she played in the woods outside with her friends for two hours. It was warm and sunny and beautiful, and no one wanted to go home!

Art In The Garden

It's finally been dry enough to spend some time out of doors in the sunshine this week, so Dean and Hannah had an art session in the garden after riding on Tuesday.

Hannah's interpretation of the berry bush in the garden.

Easter Break

It has been the Easter school holidays this week, so we have had a chance to catch up with friends as well as doing a couple of regular activities.

We have been to Pulborough to visit some friends and spent a really nice day catching up. Hannah and her friend visited the ponies, made dens, and played with their dog. I think the dog was worn out at the end!

We had friends come over to us earlier in the week and the girls played with the American girl dolls, they also spent a lot of time in the garden with our rabbit.

Hannah rode on Tuesday and then we went into Chichester for a visit to the shops. She has been collecting Beanie Boo plushies and wanted to get another one with her pocket money.

Whiskers the new Beanie Boo

Yesterday was the next Maypole dancing session and afterwards we stayed around to chat and Hannah and her friends compared Beanie Boo collections and explored the hill and woods outside the hall. It was a lovely day and we are really enjoying this new group.

Lastly, this afternoon we've had friends over from the Isle Of Wight. The girls have been outside in the rain pond dipping for tadpoles and making mini viewing ponds for them, and generally having a fun time.

Spring Lambs At Staunton Farm

Our Culture All Pass expires today, and we really wanted to squeeze in one more visit to Staunton before it ran out. Luckily we had some friends who were willing to brave the holiday crowds to come with us!

The Lambs were the main attraction for Hannah, and there were so many of them. Some born just hours before we arrived.
Of course, the goats are always fun too as they are very friendly, especially if you have food!

Riding and Rabbit Pictures

Hannah has been riding this morning with her friend Izzy ( she so loves to ride with Izzy, they are really well matched). Their lessons are very lively with lots of banter from their instructor. She is great with the girls and Hannah loves her!

After lunch Hannah and our rabbit Chocolate played in the spring sunshine.