Today we took the opportunity to enjoy the fresh air and we all had such a wonderful day. In this uncertain time, it was lovely to escape from all the current worries and enjoy time with each other in such beautiful surroundings!

We took part in an outdoor art session in which the children collected natural materials of different colours. We then did some exploring for textures and did some beautiful rubbings. After that we used mud and sticks to mark make which they absolutely loved!! Finally we looked at the work of Andy Goldstein and used sticks, nuts and leaves to make our own works of art – just look at James’  concentration!

As a team we are so please that we had today to spend in a happy little bubble enjoying spending time with your wonderful children. We feel very privileged to do this job everyday and we are going to miss seeing their faces everyday when we close on Friday. The whole team would like to send you their best wishes and hope that the coming weeks or months pass quickly, peacefully and healthily. I will keep in touch via the blog and I’m hoping to stream some yoga classes on the school website too (software permitting). If there is anything you feel you need to support your child in this tricky time, please know that we will do all we can to support you. You are not alone. Use the ‘Friends of Hadrian’ Facebook site, twitter, school website and parents watts app groups to maintain those vital links. You all have my email, and if not it is ellen.jankowski@hadrian.newcastle.sch.uk, and I will check this during any isolation and try to help in any way that I can.

All our love, keep safe,

Ellen and team 2/3 (the dream team!)