Outdoor Learning

All children, of all ages have direct access to outdoor areas, at all times in all weathers, except when conditions are unsafe. We encourage children to move in and out as they wish extending their activities in the outdoor classroom.

The children can work under cover or out in the large garden, ensuring they move as much as they need to meet their physical, emotional and intellectual needs.  They have endless opportunities exploring and interacting with a wide range of habitats and natural spaces. They can access their “children’s beach”, the children’s growing area, the mud kitchen, slides, tunnels, slopes and water play area.

With support from the staff the children grow  seasonal fruits and vegetables to use in our freshly prepared lunches and flowers for vases and arrangements in the classroom. They scrump for apples and pears in the autumn in their child friendly orchard and collect eggs every day from the chickens they have hatched themselves. 

Being on a working farm they help care of chickens and pigs; they can even ride of tractors and the combine during harvest. Gaining real life experiences of where their food comes from. From this they learn empathy and communication skills

We provide suitable clothing, sunhats and suncream in the summer and warm, waterproof clothes in the winter.