Bonfire and Fireworks at Bletchingdon 2023
On Monday, we celebrated Bonfire Night at Bletchingdon, we had a lovely afternoon of hot dogs and homemade ketchup all together in Foxes garden and we toasted pineapple on sticks over the marshmallow burners with Sally.
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Meanwhile, Sam lit the bonfire in the paddock and lots of children were transfixed, asking great questions about what Sam was doing and why.
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As it was getting dark Alison got the fireworks ready and we watched the lovely colours and sparks before finishing off with a bigger firework that shot into the sky 5 times!
There was also a firework that made quite a crackle, which was a little surprise for us all, but the children and staff handled it very well and everyone clapped and cheered.
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After the fireworks we had time to have a play with our torches in the field. We shone them on the fence, on the tree, up into the branches and under the leaves looking for bugs. What a fabulous afternoon.
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