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Welcome to
Fledglings
a celebration of creativity and the
natural world for preschoolers
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at Trymwood Studios
Westbury-on-Trym
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Mondays and Fridays
during term-time
Story-telling, poems, songs,
& art-making
with a changing weekly theme
E-mail us for a free taster session
When do we meet?
Summer Terms 1&2
Mondays 9.30 - 10.30am
Term 1 Apr 15th, 22nd, 29th. May 13th, 20th
Term 2 Jun 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th Jul 1st, 8th, 15th.
Fridays 9.30 - 10.30am
Term 1 Apr 19th, 26th. May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
Term 2 Jun 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th Jul 5th, 12th, 19th.
Book by term or individual session
For participating younger siblings - Please contact us for a discount
What do we do?
The sessions
Our Fledgling sessions begin with the children making a circle and welcoming each other in song.
More often than not, we introduce a small box into the circle containing a hint to the session's theme. We love to fill our box with found things, whether that be a beautiful Jay feather or a Roe Deer skull. The children enjoy passing the treasure to each other to explore its 'thingness' - it's smell, it's texture. Our Fledglings sessions flow from this into a celebration of the theme through songs, poetry, stories and art-making.
“Fledglings is such a brilliant group. My 3 year old daughter loved making art using different materials whilst learning about natures delights, such as spiders, wasps, wind & berries. A stand out memory will be the laughter using the conker runs!”
Songs
We have found that songs about nature are few and far between! Our solution has been to write our own, borrowing familiar tunes. We love writing them and the children love learning them! A firm favourite among our Fledglings is, 'here we go round the meadowlands', to the tune of 'here we go round the Mulberry bush'. Singing together each week brings such joy; we at Trymwood Studios are convinced singing is a form of magic!
Poetry and stories
We pack our Fledglings sessions with glorious nature poetry and stories.
We love to discover new material, as well as introduce the children to the classics of our own literature-rich childhoods. Shirley Hughes, Eric Carle and the wonderful poetry of A. N. Milne make regular appearances!
If we can read and sing outside, we make sure we do!
Art-making
As an artist studio and gallery we are passionate about getting arty!
Each week we facilitate our Fledglings to explore materials, whether it be graphite, watercolour or clay, and get creative within the week's theme. Recent makes have involved Fledglings weaving nests, creating tail feathers to 'fly' in the gardens, molding clay to make fungi and making graphite snail trails around a cardboard obstacle course.
We strive with all our arty times to encourage individual creativity, avoiding a directed make.
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“Fledglings is so much fun. Hannah & Lucy are so welcoming & creative with their ideas. We have loved exploring nature through painting, cutting paper, charcoal, clay, wool, sticking, weaving & drawing. The singing, poems and story telling is captivating too. Highly recommend for toddlers.”
Who are we?
Hannah & Lucy
We are Hannah Athayde and Lucy Pedlar, great friends who are passionate about inspiring a love of art and nature.
We run a small artist studio and gallery space in the oldest part of Westbury-on-Trym about three miles from the centre of Bristol.
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” Wow what a fantastic way to learn about nature through creative art, song, poems as well as getting outside amongst the wildlife. Thank you Lucy & Hannah.”
Where do we meet?
Trymwood Studios
Fledglings meet in our special gallery space in Westbury-on-Trym, although we try and be out in our beautiful gardens as much as possible. Whilst outside we love to encourage the children to be inquisitive observers of the wildlife that visits us as well as explore the beautiful meadow that grows there.
