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The final Friday of 2018

8/9/2018

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We certainly couldn't have ended the year with a happier bunch of children than these!
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Having tidied up their rooms and packed their bags in record time, we headed into Ronciglione.
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The children spent their money on souvenirs and we treated them to an ice cream for snack as well as lunch at 'La Corte dei Prefetti di Vico'!
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It was a bit of a struggle to get back up the hill but we all made it.
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At the Hazelhut there was time for 'The Hat Game' before all of the parents arrived.
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The boys were victorious!
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Our ceremony began with the Sports Day awards.... in ascending order....
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In the bedroom tidiness contest, the girls were victorious!
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Since it was our final summer camp for the year, the children performed 2 songs - 'Amore Capoera' (which has been something of an anthem all week) and.... 'The Hazelhut Song' of course!!!
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Thursday....definitely!

6/9/2018

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Not all of the children wanted to ride, but those who did had a great time.
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We all enjoyed meeting up again for lunch, especially since Scottex the kitten was there to play with...
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These 7 children have meant so much to us this week that we decided to take some special photos of them in a special place overlooking Lago di Vico.
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Back at the Hazelhut some of the children took a last dip and others had a cuddle with Pip!
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Some of us went for yet another mushroom hunt....
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Later we had an impromptu talent show, which included making a cake...
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..football skills...
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...gymnastics...
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....music and...
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comedy!
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We put all thoughts of this being our last night together and enjoyed the pizza party well beyond the daylight!
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Tuesday's News

5/9/2018

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Our arty day began with a rather complicated badge making activity.
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The needles were hard to thread...
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....and concentration and determination were obligatory...
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....but our Hazelhutters had some smashing results.
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A few continued with art-based fun in the kitchen, moving on to watercolours and clearly inspired by some Hazelhut images.....
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Others moved on to music...
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And all the children practiced the Hazelhut song before lunch.
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After lunch the children enjoyed some free time and Pip enjoyed some attention.
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Our Karaoke afternoon began at about 3pm with some lively numbers sung by these angelic kids!
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Finally we had a day which was warm enough for some children to brave the pool again!
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The girls were in charge of the chores today and Boris and Stiva were very appreciative of their care!
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Later in the day we got creative with food as the boys made chocolate ice cream and we all picked fruit for jelly making!
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For dinner we lit up the barbecue and campfire and James cooked some pretty fine bangers - quite a day!
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And relax!

4/9/2018

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After so much activity yesterday, we decided to take the children to the ancient Roman baths at 'Le Masse'.
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It was a very hot morning, so the children didn't spend much time in the hot pool, preferring to wallow in the cold one.
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Then this active little bunch took to sports again - football and badminton this time.
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We whiled away some more time with pens and paper and games like Yahzee and then we headed to Capranica for lunch 'Da Ciucci'.
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On arrival, Ciucci made it pretty clear that non Roma fans were not as welcome as Roma fans..... luckily for us we had 4 to keep him happy!
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And he rewarded us with a delicious 3 course meal!
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We rolled back to the Hazelhut and the boys did their chores.  The next activity was 'Blind Taste!' - a game to identify the flavours of 8 different yogurts blindfolded.....
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It was a bit messy at times, but a lot of fun.
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The girls were much better at the game than the boys and in the end 2 of them won - correctly guessing 7 out of 8 flavours!
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We had done so much feeding during the day that the last Hazelhut garden potatoes which we had for dinner 'dauphinoise', almost went by unnoticed....
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Sports and games

3/9/2018

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Monday is our day for sports and games and this group took on each challenge with gusto.... no matter how unusual...
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At snack time they helped to pick the grapes from our new vines to enjoy with organic biscuits.
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Suddenly the sky looked threatening, so we decided to include an indoor game - the much loved 'Guess what!'
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At lunch it was full sunshine again and the children were able to eat their personally made sandwiches outdoors.
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After some free time to digest, the day of weird and wonderful activities continued....
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Due to the early nut harvest, we were even able to premier our new event - '30 second nut ball dash!'
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Once all the sports and games were done, we headed into the woodlands again, with hopeful baskets and containers in hand....
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Some of us found very unusual fungi and some found the real thing!
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After a very thorough handwash, we started our cookery projects - girls on strawberry ice-cream and boys on freshly picked fruit crumble.
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Look at these faces and decide for yourself how good it tasted!
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The sensational six!

2/9/2018

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Look at this beautiful group of Hazelhutters who have appeared in the rain and the wind to have a final fling before camp closes!
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Despite the cold, they were happy to head into the grounds and find out all about the Hazelhut and what's going on at this quasi autumnal time of year.
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They learned all about composting, where they can explore and any potential dangers.... as well as what is growing in the veg patch!
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We picked cucumbers and tomatoes for dinner and the salad was delicious - not a scrap was left!!
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Then we went to visit Boris and Stiva, who were enjoying the mud!  After that we worked our way through the hazelnuts towards the chestnut forest, via the bramble patch....
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In the forest the children were introduced to our seasonal obsession - porcini and ovuli - and one pair even found their own!
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The evening passed with games on the pitch and then we had the delicious and now famous Monday night lasagne, lovingly prepared by Marilena.  Do we really have to wait a whole year for the next one...?
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