We had a lovely time at our first Wheely Wonders of 2023, funded by Localgiving Magic Stars. Families spent time with the animals on arrival then headed to the wood with Jen and Sam for Woodland Wonders Forest School activities - bug bunting, fun on the swing and in the hammock and making wooden snails and caterpillars. Back on the field before lunch, it was fire lighting and marshmallow time!
At Lizzie’s Craft Club we got ready for the Coronation by decorating flags and crowns. The afternoon ended with fun and games provided by Chris North and a wonderful show where each child was given the opportunity to perform in their own way.
It was great seeing children meeting their friends again as well as welcoming three new families. We were so pleased to welcome Gillian Keegan MP and her husband Michael back. She spent lots of time chatting to everyone and shared a lovely video about her visit (see below).
On St George’s Day it was a drizzly start to Wheely Wonders but the families were happy to come back to Applefield! It was great to see one family who hadn’t been for a couple of years. After feeding the animals, Tam and Richard helped everyone to saw discs to make owls as well as doing leaf printing at Forest School. Luckily it wasn’t too damp for fire lighting and enjoying marshmallows!
The sun came out for Craft Club where we decorated flags and crowns again and did some Coronation colouring.
Yellow the grown up lamb and Biscuit the dog just loved joining in all the fun!
Thanks to The Wellesley Charitable Foundation for funding this.
On Sunday 14th May, the first Applefield lambs were born so all the Wheely Wonders families were able to quietly have a look at them as well as feeding the goats and donkeys on arrival. There were lots of fun Forest School activities with Jen and Sam – journey sticks, sheep on sticks, dragonflies, clay tree people and sawing wood for necklaces, plus fun in the hammock and swing, before fire circle time.
At Craft Club, we decorated pots using collage and stickers – it was a lovely colourful scene watching the unique ideas appearing. There were also some fantastic scratch art pictures created.
We ended the afternoon with Chris’ magic show and singing with Celyn. It was also great to have Carole and Bernie from the Wellspring committee volunteering with us for the afternoon.
We received a grant from The Boltini Trust for this one!
It is so special to see the children who we have known for a while now growing up and learning new skills. We love meeting new families and helping children gain in confidence. If you would like more details about Wheely Wonders days, please email [email protected].
At Lizzie’s Craft Club we got ready for the Coronation by decorating flags and crowns. The afternoon ended with fun and games provided by Chris North and a wonderful show where each child was given the opportunity to perform in their own way.
It was great seeing children meeting their friends again as well as welcoming three new families. We were so pleased to welcome Gillian Keegan MP and her husband Michael back. She spent lots of time chatting to everyone and shared a lovely video about her visit (see below).
On St George’s Day it was a drizzly start to Wheely Wonders but the families were happy to come back to Applefield! It was great to see one family who hadn’t been for a couple of years. After feeding the animals, Tam and Richard helped everyone to saw discs to make owls as well as doing leaf printing at Forest School. Luckily it wasn’t too damp for fire lighting and enjoying marshmallows!
The sun came out for Craft Club where we decorated flags and crowns again and did some Coronation colouring.
Yellow the grown up lamb and Biscuit the dog just loved joining in all the fun!
Thanks to The Wellesley Charitable Foundation for funding this.
On Sunday 14th May, the first Applefield lambs were born so all the Wheely Wonders families were able to quietly have a look at them as well as feeding the goats and donkeys on arrival. There were lots of fun Forest School activities with Jen and Sam – journey sticks, sheep on sticks, dragonflies, clay tree people and sawing wood for necklaces, plus fun in the hammock and swing, before fire circle time.
At Craft Club, we decorated pots using collage and stickers – it was a lovely colourful scene watching the unique ideas appearing. There were also some fantastic scratch art pictures created.
We ended the afternoon with Chris’ magic show and singing with Celyn. It was also great to have Carole and Bernie from the Wellspring committee volunteering with us for the afternoon.
We received a grant from The Boltini Trust for this one!
It is so special to see the children who we have known for a while now growing up and learning new skills. We love meeting new families and helping children gain in confidence. If you would like more details about Wheely Wonders days, please email [email protected].
