OUTDOOR PLAY

Outdoor Play

Outdoor adventures: nurturing curiosity and well-being at Loversall Farm

Children have an innate, insatiable curiosity to learn about the world in which they live. Our well-resourced outdoor environments offer children untold opportunities for learning about the natural world without the constraints of the indoor environments. Regular, planned access to the outdoors helps children to broaden their vocabulary, practice their exploratory and investigative skills, develop a good understanding of science, technology and mathematics as well as developing an awareness of their local community. Our high-quality outdoor learning environments are fully supportive of children’s health and well-being and are a natural learning extension of our calm, nurturing indoor environments. The well-resourced outdoor learning environments support children’s self-regulation abilities, improves their holistic physical and emotional well-being, whilst supporting them to explore nature and the world around them.

Our nursery is set within 1 acre of grounds which has been designed to allow children a variety of experiences which includes:

Organic Gardens

An organic vegetable and flower garden to enable the children to grow their own vegetables and flowers to be used within the nursery. Here children will gain knowledge and experience of how things grow and develop an understanding of how to look after plants and flowers. Cooperative play will be encouraged within this area, which will help develop the children's social skills.

Play Areas

A covered play area is available for the children giving opportunity to experience out door play in all weathers. This will provide an outdoor classroom environment for the children enabling them to have creative, messy and constructive play outdoors.

A soft play area in which the children are able to build their confidence on the tractor and trailer climbing equipment.

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Sensory Gardens

A sensory garden filled with flowers, herbs and items of interest including a water feature, bird table and mirrors. In here the children will be able to broaden their senses and explore nature and wildlife.

Exploration and Discovery

Our grassed area looks out onto the nursery paddock, home to the sheep and resident hens in which the children are able to visit to collect fresh farm eggs. Our grassed areas provide endless opportunities for group play, singing, role-play and den making.