"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountains and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters and teach of us more than we ever learn from books" - John Lubbock

Nature school is part of our Pre-School provision for children attending during the year before they start school. On a Monday morning we don our wellies and waterproofs and venture up to Tutshill primary school’s designated forest school area. Our nature school provides an outdoor learning environment where the children are able to explore the magical outdoors in a safe and creative way.

We sit at a log circle when we arrive at Nature School and listen and observe what is happening around us. There are logs, branches, trees, long grass, holes and a large space which we encourage the children to explore, developing their independence and self esteem. We let the children play as they choose but we come along side them to help extend their play and learning. We bring some resources to help them explore the Nature school area fully. Some of the activities the children choose to do include making dens in the trees with sheets and giant pegs, painting the trees with mud paint and grass paint brushes and making rustic homes for little creatures.

The children look for bugs, climb low trees, balance on logs, play hide and seek, chase bubbles, sing around the parachute and run with sheets and scarves in the wind.
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We believe the outdoors provides a wonderful creative learning environment which we can use to develop the concepts of the Early Years Foundation Stage. It allows time and space for the children to be physically active, adventurous and happy.