Otters and Foxes started building their own castles this week. They planned together and drew their designs, making sure they included all the features of a castle; towers, battlements, gatehouse, portcullis, drawbridge, arrow slits and moat etc….. Then the children selected the materials they needed to make their castle. Great teamwork and discussing of ideas! […]

In Art, the children created their own painting based on Paul Klee’s ‘The Castle and the Sun’. They used 2D shapes to draw around to build their castle and then used wax crayon over the lines to resist the paint. The children chose smaller paintbrushes to paint each shape carefully, and then painted the background […]