Totternhoe Lower School-A piece from Heaven

Totternhoe Lower School is situated in the village of Totternhoe near to Dunstable in Bedfordshire.
They have 118 pupils aged between 4 and 9 years old. The children start at the beginning of the term after their 4th birthday so we have new pupils joining us in September, January and April each year.
A large site with an environmental area joining their school playing field.The students are developing the environmental area and planted about 150 mixed trees and shrubs last October. They were approximately 60cm tall when we planted them and most of them are now growing well.
They have just had an Arts Week which was fun but very tiring. The children were arranged in mixed age groups so that the older children could help the younger children. There were 8 different art activities that each group took part in and we had 2 artists to work with the children. The theme was ˜The Environment”and the activities included tee-shirt painting, pebble art, weaving, large sculptures using pieces of coloured plastic, decorating eggs, papier mache pencil holders, gardening and making a picnic. During the week each group worked with the artists making wooden sculptures, mosaics using natural materials and painting plaques to be fixed to 2 totem poles. The week finished with an open afternoon so that parents and friends could come and see the activities that the children had been working on and have some refreshments. The children sang a song, recited a poem and performed a dance for the visitors. It was a very enjoyable week and the children had fun learning about the environment in a practical way.