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Go to www.sslhoft.com for this year's event.

Little House of Fairy Tales 2012 Starts HERE

Heaven only knows where this year went but in this case hopefully better late than never. in that at the eleventh hour we're delighted to say that we'll be running another Little House of Fairy Tales in the school on Friday 28th September.

We hope we can count on you again to build on the success of last year.

We're delighted to say that the teachers will be even more involved, running a few activites and actively helping on others. Great collaboration.

Before you go on holiday or during it, could you please take a moment to sign up at http://bit.ly/sslhofyes to let us know you're in as we'll only have 3 weeks when we get back and can't waste any time chasing people.

We're planning a meeting at 6.30pm Tuesday September 11th

There's a small slide show of last year at http://bit.ly/sslhof2012 and we'll be updating the blog at http://bit.ly/sslhofblog with ideas and inspiration over the summer.

Please sign up and spread the word.

Have a lovely summer, apparently it starts on Tuesday and ends on September 29th.

Nice bit of press today in the local newspaper.

WE did it. What a day. A picture is worth a thousand words!

The sun shone and we saw over 60 parents come into the school on the day (and many more in the evenings and weekends before) and work with the whole teaching and support staff and a fantastic team of external artists and creatives to put on the most amazing day.

 

The school looked great, the entrance brought to life by the sign that dad Huw Morgan made for us. Stunning job!

Our MC for the day, Maximillian Wigglebottom, kicked things off and fired the children's enthusiasm in an assembly like no other.

 

 

We imported half a ton of clay (thanks to Mr Higgins for carrying it all in) from which the children crafted a clay mountain of amazing characters.

In silhouette story telling the children made paper cut-outs of their favourite fairytale characters whcih they brought to life with shadow puppetry and their own musical soundtrack.  

Noisy toys was a real hit - the chance to experiment with a load of music making gadgets and gizmos to explore the way noise, music and sounds are made.

You can see more photos in the photos section on the right hand menu >

First look at the passport

On the day, each child gets a Passport that tells them about all the activities we have planned for them. When they complete a task they get a stamp. 6 stamps = a medal.

Another world class design job from Mike Bone, brought to life by Fiona McCarthy's lovely copy. See the complete thing here.

Medal making

As well as having a team of supermums feverishly sewing bunting together we have 4 teams of parents making medals which will be given to the children on the day for completing tasks. Medal making instructions here.

We have a poster!

As well as creating an amazong logo for the event, one of our superdads, Mike Bone has designed a poster.

Fiona McCarthy has written the most magical copy with a hidden message for the children to discover.

Yes it's really coming together perfectly.

Click here to have a look.