Hello!
This week FROGS’s Easter egg hunt was a great success, the sun was shining and the kids were over the moon with the lovely eggs you have donated – Nick said there was a real party atmosphere in the garden on Wednesday morning. Please scroll down for more on the egg hunt, including some great pictures taken by our team of volunteers, who set up a different egg hunt for each class (that’s a lot of hiding eggs around!).
We also wanted to let you know about our latest three initiatives, which might give you a few ideas for the Easter holidays. Spring is in the air but venues are still shut and there’s not much to do that you haven’t already done in the past year or so, so why not:
follow our brand new Treasure trail around the neighbourhood
take part in the photo competition – we need more pictures, especially from KS2 children!
do a little spring clean and sort out old clothes and toys
Please scroll down for details on all of these projects.
THE EASTER EGG HUNT
Thank you so much for your donations for Frogs’ annual Easter egg hunt, we’ve counted a whopping 3,180 eggs, a record! Your amazing contributions included 385 large cream eggs, and 1,176 mini eggs – and it meant there was around 14 eggs for each Grasmere child to find.
THE GRASMERE TREASURE TRAIL
This week we’re launching our new Treasure Trail, available to buy from our shop for £5. Keep an eye out at pick-up time, we will be handing out some free copies of the trail!
Put your detective hat on and solve the Grasmere Treasure Trail’s 36 clues to find out where the Grasmere treasure is hidden. Along the way, you’ll discover the history of your neighbourhood and have fun spotting new things on streets you’ve walked many times before.
Designed for both adults and children, the 6km trail takes about 3h to complete. It’s a 8-shaped loop taking in both Clissold Park and Newington Green, with plenty of lovely cafés and ice cream shops along the way. Stop at Clue 21 to break it into 2 shorter walks. All clues are original to this trail and all titbits of local history have been checked by local historian Amir Dotan of Stokenewingtonhistory. Have fun!
FROGS’ PHOTO COMPETITION
Yes, the Photo Competition is still on! FROGS organised for local photographer Nicola Hippisley to talk to the children at assembly a couple of weeks ago, and the feedback is that she really inspired them to take some great pictures. So please encourage them to take some photographs during the holidays, we would love for as many children as possible to take part! Plus, there’s lots of amazing prices to win!
To enter, please send your pictures to frogs.grasmere@gmail.com and if you can, buy a ticket or two from our shop. See the full details alongs with plenty of tips on the competition page.
SPRING CLEAN
Our last initiative is to help you clear up in the absence of our much-missed jumble sales:
Last but not least, Julie and Ivana have started working on the KS1 mural, which is looking gorgeous already, and they are hoping to finish it in time for next term, if the weather allows!
Have a great Easter break!
Take care
FROGS