Very Young Friends of West Bank Park: October 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

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Fungus Humongous

Today our brave Young Friends came out in the pouring rain for a speical mushroom hunt in the woods. As well as a trail of paper mushrooms we found some amazing real ones growing. Armed with pocket guides the little guys worked hard to identify the fungus.

The most humongous find was a mushroom growning out of the story tree. There was a fairy door in the stalk and inside were presents for Vicki and Albie! Vicki has done such a craking job of running this group and the young friends are very grateful for all the fun Thursdays we've had with Vicki.

Thursday, 8 October 2015

Appletastic times and Yoga in the woods

It's all go for the young friends this autumn as we embrace the changing of the seasons. Today we had our own Apple Day to celebrate this years apple harvest. Who knew how much fun we could have rolling apples down the story tree? We also made beautiful apple stars, dunked them in birdseed and hung them in the trees for our feathered friends. Our apple snack time went down a treat with apple pie, apple cakes, apple sauce and, well, apples.

Last week we had a special treat when Laura Potts, a York Iyengar Yoga teacher, lead a yoga session for the children. We all joined in moving our limbs and roaring like lions.

We have lots more excitement in store for you over the coming months. Our fire pit will be coming out for bonfire night (day) and christmas, there will be mushroom hunts, bird feeding, bug hotel building and lots and lots more!

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!