Children love to play with mud and explore not only its texture but also how it can be manipulated and used in a variety of ways to match their inquiries. Weighing, measuring, counting out scoops, molding, manipulating, talking about past experiences, and incorporating it in role-play, are all but a few ways children enjoy the use of mud in their play.

We have created a mud kitchen to support this type of learning, for those children that love to get dirty and use their hands as they play and learn.

We are really pleased now we have our all-weather woodwork area, which is fully heated so we can use it all year round.

We have now finished our lovely petting area. We have guinea pigs, rabbits and chickens. It’s a great way for children to learn about the world around them and care for living things.

We are delighted that we have been provided with the opportunity to make international relationships with China.

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Directors at the company spent over a week in China learning their methods of teaching and how they work to foster a productive learning environment.  Experiences were shared between practitioners and Li Ling (headteacher of the 500 place nursery school).  A true exciting and insightful trip, allowing us to make links between the educational work we do in the UK and there work in China, offering and sharing ideas.

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We look to further this collaboration in the future, involving the children at the nursery to make international links with children in another country, developing their awareness of the world and other cultures.