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2 days ago
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Where's Wally?

Brilliant to see you all again after such a long time. Some of you have definitely been drinking growing juice, you're all giants! Rachel...

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4 days ago
1 min

Hooray!

At last, we've got our wellies on, the sun is out and we are on the beach SandyHanders! We're looking at colours. Today was a YELLOW day....

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Mar 30
1 min

Perfect day for the beach

It’s lovely on the beach today, almost like a summer’s day

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Feb 27
1 min

Things are looking brighter!

Hello SandyHanders! How are you all? Thank goodness the sun has decided to come back. Let's hope the winter storms have come to an end...

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Feb 10
2 min

Hold on to your hats!

Phew! It’s been very windy. It’s been really cold too. Who’s been able to get to the beach? Were the waves big and loud? Last week, I...

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Jan 25
2 min

Brrrrrrrr!

Hello SandyHanders or should I say SnowyHanders? Who had snow on Sunday? Who built a s snowman? It was very cold and icy wasn’t it? I...

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Jan 19
1 min

No snow...

I thought we might get snow. But now it’s raining. The ice lanterns and crunchy, icy puddles have melted in our garden. Everything looks...

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Jan 12
2 min

Ice and fire

It's been super cold outside recently. The beach looks VERY chilly Nobody swimming today! I've enjoyed crunching on icy puddles. Rachel...

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Dec 7, 2020
2 min

Our Christmas favourite

Our BeachHut is right on the beach so we get to see and hear lots of seagulls. We're very lucky to have a lovely wood as well, which...

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Magic torches, glowing butterflies and light-up trails in the woods

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Nov 30, 2020
2 min

Magic torches, glowing butterflies and light-up trails in the woods

This has been one of our favourite weeks at SandyHands and CoppetKids. We spent the week looking at UV light. I know that sounds very...

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Nov 23, 2020
1 min

Shhhh, listen, what can you hear?

When you stand on the beach what can you hear? Wind. Yes. Waves. Yes. Seagulls, ooo, yes, good one. Anything else? Well this week you...

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Nov 15, 2020
1 min

Fishing about in the dark

Great to see you all again after the extra long half term. And, Hello! to our SandyHanders across the border hope our blog will keep in...

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Nov 3, 2020
1 min

Yay! We can play.

Phew, we can play again on the beach. We will re-start all our sessions from the 10th November. We are starting two new sessions for this...

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Oct 28, 2020
1 min

Half-term fun.

Hello SandyHanders. Are you having a lovely half-term. The weather is a bit rubbish, I've got water in my wellies, how about you? Have...

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Oct 16, 2020
1 min

Surf's up!

We spent this week talking and splashing in the waves. There are lots of animals, fish and humans that like to play in waves. Look at...

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Oct 13, 2020
1 min

A magical week on the beach...

Ssshhhh, this is a secret, but ... On Tuesday the SandyHanders were following a rainbow Autumn trail when they found a strange trail......

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Oct 3, 2020
1 min

Breaking news!!!!!

Last week an OCTOPUS, a real live octopus, was rescued from a rockpool, just along the beach from SandyHands at Monkston point! How...

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Sep 19, 2020
2 min

We've all gone all wibbly-wobbly...

Weren't we lucky this week with the beautiful sunshine? It's been just like summer! Rachel had the WORST idea, the most wobbly, yucky,...

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Aug 23, 2020
1 min

SandyHanders take first plaice!!!!!!

Here are the SandyHanders holding on tightly to their racing plaice. Ready...Get set...GO! Which fish looks the fastest? These plaice are...

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Aug 14, 2020
2 min

Ready...aim...FIRE!!!!

Snails away! This week at SandyHands we have been on the Trail of the Snail. Some of the snails were quite hard to find. Can you see all...

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