We heart Greg

Friday was our first Team Pojo day at OOTB - we subbed in Faysie for Fasa and off we went. We started off at Flutterby at the Qld Musuem. The space looked absolutely gorgeous with large white butterflies lit up with coloured lights sailing over the top. The workshop was a lovely mix of watching and listening and doing. The kids made paper and cardboard butterflies that worked really well and then got to dance around for a bit. Sefo refused to dance and Sina was slightly self conscious as she was clearly the oldest and towered above the rest of the kids. The women facilitating the workshop were very keen and were quite directive at times... one could say bossy! All in all though a lovely workshop.

Here are Sefo's highlights from the Flutterby workshop. I loved to flap my butterfly and the cutting and the sticking. My butterfly was black and blue and I liked listening. I really wanted to look at the dinosaurs.

We then zipped over to see Grug, who Sefo has taken to calling Greg. This was a highlight for all of us and was an exquisite piece of theatre. I loved it's simplicity, inventivness and the care that was taken in all aspects of the storytelling. The actors were present and clever, the puppets were beautifully made and the set was just great.

We ran into Dean Edgar and the Grade 2 class who is blogging with us so Sina, who had made friends with them at the blogging briefing day, sat with them. The rest of us sat up the back and had a terrific view. Sefo was entranced the whole time and really connected with the piece. Here are his thoughts....

I liked it when the apple got big. It grewed and grewed and grewed. Grug ate up all the apple and then it was finished. The crab bit Grug - that was very funny and I liked the dancing. Grug's house was nice and I wished I could slide down the hill like that boy (one of the actors)... Do you wish you could do that mum? I loved his roof and the water and the fish... It's just a pretend water because it is really a light... It didn't make me frightened. It made me laugh and didn't give me a fright.

Sina's thoughts.... On Friday we went to OUt of the Box. We wnet to the musem and we saw mij. At the musem we made butterflys and the lady was a little bit bousy and she said you can do it and i tried to. I liked making butterflys. Grug was funny and magic. he was very hungry and he ate a big red apple and he felt full. and i liked it because it was good. it was fun.