Very Young Friends of West Bank Park: April 2015

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

Saturday 25 April 2015

Woodland soup and worm hunting - all washed down with some magical bubbles and Ruth's incredible cake. A lovely session this week, made all the more memorable with another set of heart-stopping photos from Elly Ross.

How to make Woodland Soup:

Grab a bucket. Fill it with cabbage (leaves) carrots (fir cones), herbs (random weeds), peas (beech nuts) and plenty of gravy. (mud). Add the finest stock (water), stir (a lot), chant, sing, fling it around the woods and spoon it into baking trays. (actual baking trays or old plastic pots). Cook in the oven (on a log) and...enjoy....

Friday 3 April 2015

Rolling, rolling, rolling, RAW EGGS! Actually they were hard boiled, and decorated, before we sent them down the hill at our Easter Special this week. Any upsets over smashed eggs were quickly alleviated by the discovery you could then eat them...
Huge thanks to Tanya for a lovely session and we're looking forward to Bird Feeder Fun next week with Lucy. A reminder that we need volunteers please for the Young Friends section of this year's West Bank Park Summer Fair. Please contact Tanya if you want to spend an hour or two in the Craft Tents - yarn bombing and Super Heroes are our general themes so far!
Please contact Tanya at: happyheart78@btinternet.com

The Community Arts Project is finished!

We've drawn, we've etched in clay, we've hung leaf sculptures in nets, we've looked at the park through coloured polythene, we've written down our memories and drawn rude pictures....and a beautiful mosaic has now been made! It has been officially unveiled and will shortly be appearing on the wall of the office block in the Park. You will see much that you recognise and you may even have been one of the team of all ages who helped make the mosaic itself. Well done and thanks to our patient, creative, hardworking artists Mary Passeri and Colin Widdup!