The Gardens
'The best kept classroom and the richest cupboard, are roofed only by the sky' (Margaret McMillian, 1925)
We all had a playroom growing up, it's called outside!
Great Wood Farm Early Years Centre has fantastic outdoor facilities. Each age group of Babies, Toddlers, Kindergarten and Rangers have their own garden purposefully designed with age appropriate environments. The large gardens provide lots of opportunities for the children to explore and develop all seven areas of learning in the EYFS. The gardens are well equipped and include a large sand pit, an art house, a bike track, sensory plants, and lots of open ended resources. We have a large sports field and environmental area with a vegetable patch, fire pit and a greenhouse made from old plastic bottles. In Kindergarten garden there is a garden room which is used for afternoon sleeps for Kindergarten children, and the rest of the day is available for any age group to use.
Across the nursery children do free flow for a large proportion of the day, empowering children to choose their environment to play in, will mean they are happy and learning potential is maximised.
The idyllic country setting provides lots of opportunities for your child’s development throughout the changing seasons and weather.
A short video of Kindergarten's Garden
Play videoWe won the Education and Learning Award from the Royal Forestry Society!
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