In the first half of the Summer term, we’ve been thinking about weather at Bangers & Smash!

*Big thanks to the children of School Outdoors Dulwich for this fabulous rainbow!*

Kitty ran weather-themed music sessions at regular Bangers & Smash nurseries, Under the Willow, School Outdoors Dulwich, Purple Jay and Crystal Nurseries, as well as welcoming new nursery, The Oval Montessori, on board.

She also presented a family singing and junk-instrument-making event, Music in the Wildlife Garden, with Bangers & Smash co-founder, Sarah Allen, at the Mother Goose Wildlife Garden in Camberwell.

Regular Bangers & Smash nurseries

Each week, regular Bangers & Smash nurseries explored a different kind of weather or weather phenomenon:

clouds
rain
thunder
wind
rainbow
sunshine

Children and staff enjoyed:

looking at pictures of clouds and singing and dancing to Three Little Clouds
identifying and mimicking rain, thunder and wind from sound recordings
trying out different phrases to describe rain e.g. ‘pitter patter’, drip drop’, ‘psssshhhh’
singing songs about rain:
- Rain, Rain, Go Away
- It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
- Incey Wincey Spider
- Ducks Like Rain
tapping their cheeks, patting their knees and stamping their feet to make the sound of a rainstorm
stretching their arms over their heads and shouting, ‘Thunder!’
taking turns to come to the front to play a rainstick and a thunder drum while singing I Hear Thunder
dancing like dandelion clocks to Feux D’Artifice by Claude Debussy
blowing coloured scarves to make the sound of the wind then throwing the scarves in the air and saying, ‘Whoosh!’
waving coloured scarves and singing, I Can Sing A Rainbow
playing bells and singing songs about the sun:
- You Are My Sunshine
- Mister Golden Sun

Under the Willow and School Outdoors Dulwich

Under the Willow and School Outdoors Dulwich brought their termly projects to a close with Project Celebrations for parents and carers on Thursday 6 June.

*Kitty had time for a quick rainbow selfie after School Outdoors Dulwich’s Project Celebration!*

Staff and children presented songs and activities on the theme of Weather.

School Outdoors Dulwich performed in their log circle as one big group while Under the Willow split into three smaller groups – babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

Each performance was special but highlights included toddlers waddling like ducks to Ducks Like Rain at Under the Willow and parents and carers dancing with their children to Three Little Clouds at School Outdoors Dulwich.

Music in the Wildlife Garden

Kitty and Sarah were delighted to play for another Music in the Wildlife Garden session at Mother Goose Nursery Wildlife Garden on Saturday 27 April.

Families and members of the local community gathered to sing songs about wildlife, make and play junk instruments and enjoy tea and cake courtesy of host and forest school leader, Marlon Gibbins.