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The children enjoyed Toy Story 3 at the cinema today, popcorn, sweets, Woody and Buzz kept the children entertained this morning.

The rest of the children that stayed at holiday club had fun making their own woody and buzz using all the craft materials. They were very busy bees.

Today the children enjoyed the trip to the fire station

They witnessed the excitement of all the hustle and bustle of the fire fighters rushing to a 999 call!

The children jumped aboard the fire engine and were allowed to explore the fire fighting equipment.

They all got the chance to put their fire fighting skills into action by spraying the giant hose.

Meanwhile the children at holiday club made their own fire station and fire engines using the creative materials.

The children have been involved in problem solving games. They have found this very enjoyable as they have asked to repeat the games again.

The children at the Willows Safehands Holiday Club have been able to bring in their own personal toys/belongings which they enjoy playing with.

A few children have brought in their bikes or scooters, others have brought in games for the Wii, another has brought in a mini Karaoke and performed a show with their friends in front of the other children. This show involved singing, gymnastics and acting.

Another child has brought their electric guitar in and have been very helping showing the other children how to play and allowing them to have a try. One child has brought in a guitar game for the Wii, the children have been able to have challenges on the guitar.

The children have enjoyed the ‘quiet room’ which has been transformed with a parachute hanging from the roof which enables the children to use their imagintive skills in which the ‘den’is used as different settings each session. This activity has been led by the children.

Today at the willows is silly/odd sock day. the children have gone to a great deal of trouble and some have been very creative by having socks attached to them. This morning the children will be involved in a challenge on who can draw the silliest sock. This afternoon the children will be involved in another challenge on who can throw the socks the furthest.

Today at Palatine the children have been getting very messy with the gloop. The children have created their own Toy Story character masks using the craft materials. This afternoon the children have used salt dough to mould Toy Story figures which are going to be painted tomorrow once they have been in the oven.

We had a superhero theme day, photos below. Some great face painting with some of the children. We played party games like musical chairs. Had a competition so that we could design our own superheroes with their own superhero magical powers. We also played pass the parcel and dodgeball (dodgeball seems to be very popular).

We are having a “When i grow up”  theme day this Friday, children can be anything from a doctor, a pumpkin or Wayne Rooney!

n be anything from a doctor to a pumpkin to Wayne Rooney ( tried to think of something where everyone can be included).

Week commencing 02/08/10

This week at Palatine we have been very busy as we have had three birthdays to celebrate. For each birthday we have had party food for snack along with party games such as musical statues, pass the parcel and hokey cokey.

The children have started writing in their diaries where they can put in a daily entry if they like of what they have been up to at holiday club.

On Wednesday the over 8s enjoyed an action packed day trip to the Chillfactore at Manchester where they took part in tobogganing and sledging. Palatine joined up with the other holiday clubs.

On Friday we had Pyjama day where all the children and staff wore their favourite Pj’s and slippers to holiday club. After lunch the children requested a chill out afternoon so we curled up and watched Ice Age the movie.

The children have also taken part in:

• Bug hunt
• Picture Frames (salt dough)
• Safehands has got talent
• Quiz
• Diary entries
• Jewellery Making (using pasta tubes and string)
• Paper flowers using straws and tissue paper
• Tennis outside
• Mini sports day where the children took part in relay races
• The children made a healthy eating display for the canteen
• Next Thursday the children are going on a trip to watch Toy story 3.

The children have been very busy so far at Palatine holiday club.  From painting to baking, bug hunting to dancing the fun is never ending.

The competition for ‘Star of the week’ is getting very close with certificates and prizes multiplying.

The theme for this week at Palatine Safehands Holiday Club is Toy Story as we are going on a cinema trip to see Toy Story 3 on Thursday.  To carry out the theme over the week the children are taking part in various activities relating to the films.

The children can:

• Make a Mr. Potato Head using a potato and different craft materials to decorate him.
• Make ‘Ham the pig’. The children will use paper mache to create their own money boxes.
• Toy story posters (such as ‘Andy’s toys’)
• Create their own Aliens using salt dough and paint.
• Create a green toy soldier by using green play dough.
• On Friday the children are ‘going to Andy’s party’ just like in the first Toy story. The children will be making some chocolate cornflake cakes for the party.

Next week we are celebrating the start of the football season for Blackpool by having a ‘Tangerine Tuesday’. The children are asked to wear an item of clothing that is white or tangerine.

On Thursday 19th August children can go on a trip to Blackpool Zoo where they will join all our other holiday clubs – please call for further information.

During the first week of holiday club we all took part in group activities to help get to know one another.  To begin the week as we mean to go on all the children agreed on a set of rules that both staff and children found fair to ensure everyone is safe and ensures that we can have lots of fun whilst at holiday club.

The children also took part in:

• Decorating name labels for the self registration board in the reception area
• Lego competition (Pictures are displayed in the reception)
• Made posters about the importance of road safety when going out on trips
• Gloop
• Play Dough
• Rice Crispy cakes
• Wii
• Board games
• football, cricket, hula hoops
• Iced cakes
• Discussed ideas of what trips and activities the children would like to take part in