On the 28th of February I'll be saying good bye to all the lovely staff here at Free Rangers, and also to all the mini Free Rangers and their families. As much as I'll miss everyone, I'm looking forward to starting my new career in the Royal United Hospital in their Nursery and seeing what the future holds.
Read moreForest School in the Den
Forest School at Free Rangers is our bread and butter. It's what drives the nursery and it's our aim to get your children learning, exploring and (most importantly) playing outside as much as we can.
Read moreMaking Relationships in the Hive
After the older children left at Christmas to enjoy their new adventures down in the Burrow. The Hive was feeling a little bit empty... you know what that means! Time for some new children to join the Free Rangers team!
Read moreChild led play
For two weeks now on forest school we have been exploring the mud kitchen in the lower paddock. When we arrived the children got stuck in straight away with no holding back. In the kitchen we have the usual pots, pans and utensils for the children to play with.
Read moreGrowing up in the Hive...
Over the past few years I've seen many babies grow up and develop into the cheeky little toddlers they are today... Whether they are now in the Burrow or Den, or maybe even school! (Yes I've been here a while!)
Read moreMuahaha-ha-halloween week!
We've been celebrating Halloween in the Burrow and here's a little of what we have been up to.The week before last in our tough tray, we have been exploring lots of different natural objects, but we also had a little taste of Halloween.
Read moreThe Colour Monster is in the Den!
Every week we have a story of the week that is read to the den children during transition times. This week the book of the week is ‘The Colour Monster’.
Read moreNatural Maths
The Den Team wanted to share what we have been doing in the Yurt in our group activity sessions this week. Our activities have been great examples of just how much learning comes from having fun!
Read moreThe Value Of Imagination For Learning
This week during group work we have been exploring the weather. What it is, it’s colours, shapes and sounds, how it looks and feels and its effects on us and our environment. We have offered information and shared knowledge but the most remarkable results are when you add imagination to the learning.
Read moreMystery Visitor #1
The Den would like to send a massive thank you to our first Mystery Visitor. A parent, who is a secondary school art teacher, came to visit us and shared some of his skills with working with clay.
Read morePumpkins
This week in the Den the children have been using hammers and nails to make holes in pumpkins.We like to use seasonal vegetables in the foods that we eat, so why not in our creative and exploratory space in the Den!
Read moreNot all Superheroes Wear Capes!!
Over the past few weeks the children in the Hive have been very busy bee's, we've been doing lots of exploring and making the most of what Free Rangers has to offer. We've been loving the outdoor environment whether we have been walking around the paddock and going on bug hunts or cooking up a storm in the mud kitchen.
Read moreThe adventures of under the arch!
So a new term normally means new toys, and that means new imagination, new adventures and more fun. Burrow and Den parents, I expect you've noticed we've had a little move around and there's some new bits and bobs about.
Read moreIntroducing Pilar Fernandez de la Vega!
Hello Free Rangers! My name is Pilar and I work in the den room of the nursery.
Read moreWelcome to Paloma!
Hi Free Rangers family! My name is Paloma, which means “Dove” in Spanish.
Read moreLift the Bar
Working in childcare is an emotionally and physically draining, we decided as a team that we also needed to invest time in looking after ourselves and do our best to buck the trend of the two hour toilet research!
Read moreJayne is cooking up a storm in the Free Range kitchen
So I'm Jayne and I have been in the catering industry since I was 16. Whilst at school I used to pack vegetables in a local green grocers.
Read moreCooking with Jayne
At Free Rangers we aim to provide children with a healthy, nutritious and varied diet of foods. We also aim to support children to gain and develop important life skills in a fun and interactive way.
Read moreGloopy fun
Anyone who knows me well enough will know that i'm really not a fan of 'messy play'. I know this may come as a shock due to me being the forest school leader and having to deal with a lot of mud!
Read moreTransitions
The Hive (children under two) and the Burrow (children two to three) have been working hard to improve transition for the children and their families between the two rooms.
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