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Outdoor Play & Learning Environments:

Purpose built play tower

We have designed an outdoor play space to help develop a child's sense of the world. Our out door space includes age appropriate learning environments where children firstly have fun, but also develop gross motor skills.

 

These early childhood activities include climbing and balancing on our new purpose built play structure which of course is simply fun! This out door space creates subtle social skills as children learn the importance of taking turns and helping each other on and off the play tower.

 

To ensure safety is paramount we have installed a combination of rubber bark and natural wood bark to ensure all play surfaces have sufficient cushioning which comply with the latest safety standards. This surface also ensures no matter what the weather children can play out side and explore to their hearts content.

Little Green fingers

We use raised flower beds which enable children to plant flowers, herbs, and spring and summer bulbs.

This gardening experience makes a direct link to our curriculum themes.

 

Early experiences with the natural world have been positively linked with the development of imagination and the sense of wonder.

 

An example is the importance of wild life and to understand the changing seasons, we also use the raised flower beds to emphasise the link with nature and the environment.

We choose flowers that can be pollinated by bees and other pollinators. We collect seeds from the plants we grow and each child gets to understand the full life cycle of a plant.

The changing seasons

Provide an opportunity for children to change the flower beds and in winter we replenish the bird feeders.

These projects help to encourage wild life into the garden and the same themes are taught during circle time.

 

Past projects have been creating a winter home for lady birds and a wood pile for hibernating insects and creepy crawlies!

At Meadows we have the right mix of fun and exploration so children's sense of wonder in the natural world is always nurtured.

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