Rosegrove Nursery School

Woodland ...

Forest school is an inspirational process, that offers ALL learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self esteem through hands on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment.

Autumn Time ... 
Today in Forest school we made Autumn collages, we did this by collecting leaves, twigs, berries and pine cones ...

Making bird feeders ... 
This week in forest school we have been focusing on birds in the winter. We talked about cold weather and how the birds may find it difficult to find food, therefore we decided to make bird feeders and we hung them up in forest school.

Making bird nests ...This week in forest school we are continuing to think about birds, we collected leaves and twigs to make bird nests.

Birds ... 
This week in forest school we are carrying on with the bird theme after making birds nests and going on lots of bird hunts we are making our own birds using clay, twigs and feathers ...

Welcome to our new allotment area ...

We now have an allotment area at the top of the Nursery garden. The allotment contains a greenhouse and large planters. We are all really excited about growing lots different fruit and vegetables. At the moment we are growing chives, carrots, corn on the cob, potatoes and strawberries. 

This allotment will help children gain a deeper understanding of where their food comes from especially when they are involved in the growing process.
By planting seeds themselves and taking responsibilty for the crops grown in the allotment children are excited to harvest them and even more excited to eat them!

 At the allotment ...
Wow! Take a look at all the vegetables that have been growing in our allotment over the summer holidays. We are especially impressed with how tall our sunflower has grown!

LITTLE PIG, LITTLE PIG LET ME COME IN! 
We have enjoyed joining in with lots of activities in forest school based around 'the three little pigs' story. We have been busy building houses for the three little pigs to live in ...

A handful of buttons by Carmen Parets Luque ...

After listening to this story in Phonics we felt inspired to make patterns using natural materials we found around the forest ...

Making patterns ...

We have been busy exploring and learning in forest school. We have been collecting natural materials. Then, we have been practicing using the hammers safely to make patterns on the material using the different natural things we found ...

Harvest ...
We visited the allotment today and we dug up the potatoes and pulled up the carrots and beetroot that we have grown, we used the vegetables in our mud kitchen and we had lots of fun cooking up lots of muddy treats!  

Look at our new equipment ...

We had lots of fun today testing out our new rope bridge and swings ... 

Physical play is important for a child's development, with benefits across the board. Climbing, playing on swings and adventure play help to promote healthy growth and development, building strong hearts, muscles and bones, and helping them to learn and practice essential movement skills. Climbing and swinging play especially helps to develop balance, coordination and reflexes.

Visiting the local green grocers ...
This afternoon we enjoyed getting out in our local community and visiting the green grocers. Over the past few weeks we have been spending lots of time at our allotment and this week we harvested our vegetables so we thought that it would be a good idea to visit a shop to find out what vegetables they have and compare them to the vegetables that we have grown in our allotment.

Cooking our vegetables ...

We harvested the vegetables that we had grown in our allotment and then we cooked them on a camping stove. Everyone couldn't wait to taste them. They tasted delicious!

Happy Halloween ...

We enjoyed exploring the pumpkins, we drew around them, some of the pumpkins were very big and heavy and some of them were very small! We also hammered golf tees into them, that took lots of concentration! 

Cooking sausages ...

Today in the forest we learnt how to cook sausages on a camping stove.

 Cooking outside enhances everything about the experience and enjoyment of food. It creates a new level of learning as the children understand what goes on into preparing and creating food. This allows them the chance to broaden their knowledge of skills across the whole curriculum. Following instructions, applying the safety rules, practising maths, reinforcing hand and eye coordination and communication are all embedded within the outdoor cooking process.