Empty Classroom Day - May 18th

On the 18th of May we will be having an empty classroom day to celebrate the power of self-directed play. On this day all classes will be ‘learning’ outside and play will completely be directed by the children. We would love for anyone that is able to join in this day with your children. Not to direct the play, but to play with them. This might look like building huts, creating mudslides, creating games, making obstacle courses….play is only limited by imaginations. We encourage you to send along anything you think children would love to use in their play on this day (please do not expect to get it back) like safe pieces of wood, tyres, cardboard boxes, old sheets, old pots and pans etc etc. We do not want toys however. The aim of this day is for children to be creative and use their imaginations. We are also hoping that younger and older children will play together inventing games and using their imaginations. The children are very excited about this day. It is important that all children wear old clothes on this day and come prepared with a change of clothes, as there is a high chance they will get dirty. If the weather is not completely favourable we will postpone and have this on another day.