News March 2006

Here We Go Again..

We are well into our third year at Learning Curve and things are as busy as ever, with lots of activities to keep everyone on their toes, and that means parents too! As usual our intrepid photographer has been capturing some shots of everyday life at Learning Curve.

On the next page there is a special feature on our recent parents evening. This is when our parents can find out what their little ones get up to all day and we get a chance to find out what Mums and Dads are really made of…

Read on!

Pancake Race

Shrove Tuesday normally comes as a sign that Spring is round the corner, but it did not seem so this year. Although the sun was shining brightly on the children as they raced up and down the garden path with their frying pans, a biting North wind was doing its best to blow the pancakes off into the football field. Fortunately, as all oldies know, little ones don’t feel the cold—they were too busy having a great time.

Chef had made some extra heavy duty mixture to ensure that the pancakes survived all the tossing and turning so even though some childrens’ feet hardly touched the ground, the pancakes stayed firmly in place.

Meanwhile some of the younger ones had made their own pancakes, as demonstrated here. Very nice they were too, even if they were a little square at the edges and had a slightly cardboard flavour…..

……..in fact they were far too good to risk running with—this was more of a cake walk than a pancake race.

Some were more ambitious and went for the aerial approach…

.. ..while this bunch experimented with frying pans as percussion instruments,  tennis rackets and weapons of war……..