We followed on from seeing the new born lambs with making felt broaches and wool pom poms. The Marsh Frogs sang their April Chorus which enticed us down to the river bank for a spot of pond dipping. Sure enough we saw several frogs, some minnows, pond snails and newts.
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From pond life to sea life. Whilst rockpooling at Pett Level we saw jelly fish, jelly buttons, strawberry anenomea, shore crabs, periwinkles, lugworms, mussels and baby plaice... phew!
The beginning of May saw us in festive mood. We danced around a Maypole and made flower garlands. We also planted sunflowers for a growing competition.
The final week before the half term took us for a walk along the country lanes foraging for Elderflower to make cordial
After the break the vegetable plot the childrehn had planted was looking superb. So to keep the birds away we felt we needed scarecrows!
A big thank you to Josephine Ho who came to teach us how to dye cloth using local plants. The tie dyes looked amazing and some were turned into lavender bags.
At the end of June we were lucky enough to see the nesting Terns at The Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Thank you to Barry Yates for his support and minibus access and to Cliff dean fo facillitating the group.
Creative Natives is taking a break for the summer holidays but there are lots of interesting things happening at Rye Nature Reserve.
Please contact me for details of spaces for next term. We have a planning application to negotiate but will be back in some form come September.
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