Year 9 activities and photos

Despite the fact that the Year 9 girls cannot be away for the annual Activities Week, in true St Mary’s spirit, there has been an extensive selection of challenges put together to enthuse everyone to come out of their comfort zone and try something they have not done before. Entrants have the chance to win prizes and House Points for activities completed from the list below:

In the garden	In the home	Out and about	Home or away
Set up a feeding station	Knit, crochet or sew something to wear	Collect feathers and identify them	Five day photo challenge
Train a robin	Crochet a coral	Litter picking	RSPCA Young Photographer Competition
Make natural contact prints of flowers and leaves	Make a traditional afternoon tea	Each day go for a run and record the route on a fitness tracker	RSPB Wild Art competition
Experience the dawn chorus	Pet spa day	Create a mobile to hang in a tree using natural materials	Alphabet photograph challenge
Back garden Sports Day event	Bake a batch of dog treats	Create a secret code	Car wash
Make a flower arrangement	Create a jar of positivity	Take part in the Great British Wildflower Hunt	Round Square challenges
Gardening makeover challenge	Eton Mess challenge		Pet portrait
Make something edible from the garden	Learn a song in another language		Arrange a virtual Bingo Night or Quiz Night
Train your pet	Learn or create a dance routine		Complete 4000 steps in one day
Watch the clouds	Make your dog a smart bandana		Fitness streak challenge
Build a temporary den	Create a culturally significant dish
Design and carry out a programme of circuit training	Learn a new language
Stone decoration	Take part in the Year 9 Family Fun Quiz on SMS Lockdown Radio
Make a pooter	Curate your own mini family museum
Create a butterfly friendly container garden	Make a 100 piece jigsaw
Create and lead a fitness-based warm up	Learn to tie 10 knots
Play a sporting game	Be a teacher for the day
Learn and carry out yoga sun salutations	Create a traditional dish for your holiday destination country
Teach yourself to juggle	Customise an old pair of trainers
	Design a quiz
	Sew a strip of bunting
	Tie-dye an old t-shirt
	Design and build a board game
	Design a face mask
	Make a dog toy
	Nancy Rothwell Award for specimen drawing competition
	Measurement at Home challenges from the National Physics Laboratory