Who are the VYFWBP?

We are a friendly community group, run by parents, who meet every Thursday morning in West Bank Park, York. Whatever the weather, school hols included, we spend a couple of hours in the woods and meadows of the Park, doing nature games and crafts, building or making things with materials we find, telling stories and singing songs.

We are open to all - with a contribution of £1 a family (to cover basic equipment) - so if you want to join us, see you on Thursday at 10am at the statue of Queen Victoria, at the top of the Rose Walk. (Bring something simple to share at snack time.)

For more information contact Elly at: westbankparkkids@gmail.com

Tuesday 27 January 2015

We laugh in the face of frost! Who needs warm weather when you've got spiders to make out of beech nuts and pipe cleaners and Phil's spectacular fruit loaves? Thanks to Elly for a lovely session and PLEASE jot Saturday Feb 7th in your diaries. Its our next Park Action Day and we'll be carrying on our gentle clearing work by the pond/wildlife area to help make sure we all have plenty of space to play when spring finally comes along...Meet at 10am by the pond or playground entrance, shared picnic at 12 and all tools provided.

Tuesday 6 January 2015

No snow for our Christmas party but lots of smiles and surprises with Tanya's decoration hunt and Tree dressing and great success with the firebowl I am pleased to report! Snowflake pancakes (genius idea from Lucy King: simply snip folded flat tortilla wraps as you would with paper snowflakes and fry in butter and cinammon) and lots of mince pies!
We start again on Thurs Jan 8th with bird feeding in the wildlife area - hope to see you there! Happy New Year everyone!

Our beloved Queen Victoria

Our beloved Queen Victoria
We sometimes bow to her before we set off into the woods!