Today I assisted at one of the school holiday workshops.  (The workshop ran between 10.00 and 15.00.)  There were 11 children attending who usually only come during the school holidays.  Some of the children practiced making fire using the fire sticks, for most of them it was their first time and it was great to see that smile on their faces when they managed to do it all by themselves.  One of the boys was especially proud of himself as he said that at the beginning of the day he was scared of the sparks and fire, but before the end of the day he was freely practicing with the other children and overcame his fear of fire by the end of the session.  It was a rainy, wet and cold day and I was impressed how the children all took to taking part in the games and did not complain about the conditions.  We all had some pancakes, as it was pancake day, and some children helped with the mixing up of the different ingredients.  Some children dug for barks and collected some in a jar for their pretend hamster whilst some others mixed leaves and mud for Rapunzel’s pretend chocolate cake, and Tom turned into a parrot after eating some and I turned into a chocolate-head – elements of creative play.  The children also built their own shelters using tarpaulin sheets and ropes.