Little group spent all week concentrating on Children in Need by making lots of posters for the cake sale on Friday, and baking lots to sell. 
There has been lots of excitement for this day and they have really pulled out all the stops. 
Middle group have also been baking lots for the cake sale and have been making banners and bunting for the building.  
All in we raised £30 for Children in Need which is fantastic, so a big thankyou to all parents for any donations you gave, we hope you and your children really enjoyed your cakes and biscuits!

Middle group have also been doing regular sessions, such as dodgeball in the hall, and capture the flag outside; both really popular games. 
They have also been playing some whiteboard games in the end room, like hangman and pictionary, and also a giant pudsy bear collage to go with the rest of the decorations. 

Big Group have been very busy playing lots of team games, both physical and mental.  They have played dodgeball in the hall, football, and running games. They have also brought out the parachute again and played sharks and lifguards and cat and mouse.  They also played a game Ryan made up called Stageball wich some parents had to wait for their children to finish so they could go home.  Very competitive, very fun.   
Many of bog group asked for Pixel Art which is hugely popular, all that's needed is squared paper. We also provide them with lots of example pictures as well to copy from or ammend. 

Another team game they love is higher or liar.  Ryan has found some new cards that to broaden the ammount of questions to ask, like, how many chess pieces can you name in 30seconds, or parts of a car etc.  

As it was quiet on Friday, Ryan got out the PS4 so they could play Rayman, a 4 player game that they have to work together to complete the level.  While some wanted to help with the cake sale, drumming up buisness. 

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After having the fireworks demonstration at the castle the weekend before, the children were all talking about fireworks.  Then, as I'm sure you heard, there have been fireworks most nights all last week.
So, due to this, and to keep with the children's interests, the children have been partaking in crafts and games related to bonfire night. 

Little Group Have been discussing bonfire night and talking about staying safe, and having fun.  There were a few ways that the children already knew about when being safe with sparklers, for example, and one of those is to stick the sparkler in a fat carrot and hold that.  This means that it is further from your hand, and nice and thick to hold.
They have also making firework pictures using various media; chalks, felt tips and coloured paper. Clare has also played 'find the firework' as a whiteboard game.  The children have to choose a grid reference and then Clare will reveal if there is a firework in that square or not.  There are 3 to find. 
Continuing the theme, Clare and the children made rockets of their own using cardboard tubes and tissue paper for the streamers and also Firework painting using bright colours and sponges to apply the paint.
On top of all this, there were lots of games in the hall, colouring sessions joined up with middle group when it was quiet, and preparing for children in need week, by colouring Pudsy Bear, and designing biscuits. 

Middle Group have continued the theme as well with firework drawings using chalk, and some autumn colouring pictures, where the children were limited to using only browns, oranges, yellows and reds.  This was done to create a piece of art that really reflected the season.
Middle group have also been getting ready for children in need by doing some colouring pages around the event, and making their own Pudsy bear pictures.  
In the hall, they have been playing Elephants in the long grass, which always involves lots of running, capture the flag, and also a trip to the park nextdoor. 
The group was also lucky enough to make rice crispy cakes using melted marshmallows.  They were extremely sticky, but tasted good. 

Big Group had the best start to the week, when they baked a cake!  A proper Victoria Sponge, complete with jam and cream.  Ryan was mostly pleased with himself as that was the first time he had ever baked a cake. It didn't taste half bad!
They have also done a group favourite of junk modeling, and the new favourite game - Higher or Liar.
In the hall, they have been playing elephants in the long grass, which was joined with middle group, and also 4 corners and some dodgeball.
Big group also tested their artistic skills this week in portraits of their friends.  Some of the artists were very pleased with themselves, the one's being drawn, however...
Big group also played a rapid game of Beetle Drive, which is always a frantic game to play but lots of fun. 

There has been lots going on this week, especially with Halloween, so we were able to do some themed sessions. 

Little Group to begin with, 
They have been playing 'find the pumpkin' where they took it in turns to hide a pumpkin picture in the end room, and then they all had to come back in a find it.  During the same session, they also had a 'best drawing' competition which is something they ask for every week. 

The whole group also came together to make a large collage of a witches hat, which they then displayed on the wall in the kitchen for all the others to see, and also there for the Halloween disco they had at Youth Club on a Thursday. 

They have also been taking part in some Halloween colouring, designing pumpkin faces, playing Halloween themed games both on the whiteboard and in the hall, and dancing to spooky music. 

Little group were very lucky to make some biscuits in the shapes of pumpkins to take home, too. 

Middle Group have also been doing some colouring competitions involving Halloween pictures, making friendship bracelets using different coloured wool, string and twine, and also took part in making a large collage piece to display on the wall.  They made a giant pumpkin!

Michaela also had the children on a treasure hunt around the building, finding clues to lead them to the next spot, and then at the end, a bounty of sweets!

Middle group were also lucky enough to make some biscuits, and iced them with a bright orange colour to make them look more pumpkin like. 

In the hall, they have done some big team games, like capture the flag, dodgeball and benchball, really concentrating on working together. 

Big Group will tell you that the best thing they did this week was Beanboozle Challenge.  Spin the wheel, and pick a jelly bean with the choice of something nice, or nasty.  Some of the flavours were bubblegum or toothpaste, vomit or vanilla, catfood or cola.  The children absolutely love it.  

They also played a game of forfeit treasure island, where if you get certain squares on a grid reference, you had to do a forfeit, usually of something like eat some brown sauce.  Again, they love this kind of thing. 

Big group got creative and did some day of the dead skull designs, using pictures to reference and create their own.  There were some fantastic designs in there. 

They have also been very active playing lots of football at free choice times, as well as a session, and bringing back parachute games! They loved playing parachute games, something we haven't done in big group for a long time, but they had so much fun.  

They have also been obsessed with ghost stories, and had Joe telling some to the older ones of local haunts, and the children shared some of their experiences, too.  

All in all, a very busy week considering we only started on Tuesday!