One of my favourite parts of the morning is venturing out to our orchard. The walk is rich with views of the glorious countryside and marvellous conversations are had. We spot wildlife, litter pick and make discoveries all along the way. The children learn real life skills, basic navigation skills, and benefit massively from the physical exercise. As walking is known to release feel good hormones our little explorers arrive at the orchard feeling fresh and ready for the experience along with the resilience to tackle any challenging tasks.

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Being on hand to enable children   and offer thought provoking questions like “I wonder why that’s happened” or   “how can we make this work”, is a truly wonderful gift. Using nature as a   tool to tinker and create, to express ourselves and understand our world   brings a much greater depth of learning. The excitement of potion making with   petals and grass, threading in the low branches or digging in the mud to make   the most amazingly delicious pies shows on every face adult and child alike.   The possibilities are endless and thrilling.

Something that is so important for   me is that we offer an extensive range of extra curricular activities every   day from gardening club to carpentry workshops, music and music sessions to   sewing classes and much more, the children learn skills that will stay with   them forever. They gain confidence with every teacher and experience we   invite in, be it Spanish sessions or animal encounters all children will have   the opportunity to learn about the wider world and how we can contribute to   making it so special. It’s heart warming to see wide eyes and amazement and   to have the opportunity to encourage children to be playful, happy and fun   loving, life long learners.

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Then at the end of the day I just love to see the children go home feeling full, content and happy but best of   all keen to share their day with their loved ones and excited for what the   next Nursery Day has to offer.