The view from the bi fold doors up into the garden is lovely too now that the turf has been laid and our "telly tubby hill" is in place.
Simon has also cleverly built a sunken sandpit and completed the covered area just outside the building.
The outside space is going to be chocked full of exciting things for the children to enjoy.
Meanwhile, inside, the building continues to come together and take shape into a pre-school, with equipment arriving all the time. Last night, we held a "Flat pack party" to assemble the mountain of new furniture. as you can see, we ended up with quite a pile of recycling!
We had lots of fun, unpacking miniature wooden sofas for the reading corner, art storage, bookcases, and very exciting, a new role play area for the centre of the space, which will enable the children to play any number of different role play games, such as shops, garages, railway stations, post offices etc....so much potential!
The kitchen is gradually getting stacked with all the necessary supplies too. The low hatch shelf will enable the children to participate in simple cooking activities. We also unwrapped two armchairs and coffee table for the kitchen area so that the staff will at long last have a specified place to sit and eat their lunch and have their tea breaks!
The store room is filling up as Lucy and helpers (thanks Oli...Lucy's eldest son!) gradually transport things from the old cupboard. The Cupboard in the Hall has been a big part of Kaleidoscope history, requiring great expertise to carefully stack and take care of the contents, using every available inch! It has served us well, but I am sure it will be a relief for the staff to be able to have a bit more space to store things in!
Please don't forget to put September 18th in your diaries. Come and help us celebrate the opening of this wonderful new building with a picnic, games, treasure hunt and taster activities. 11am to 2 pm. See you then!
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