Early Years Outdoor Area

Over the Summer holidays, we’ve continued to make developments to the Early Years outdoor space.  We now have new small world resources, a cascading water feature with taps and a writing den easily adapted to follow the children’s interests.  These areas are to add to our mud kitchen, Maths area, gardening area, sand and gravel pit, role play area and performance area.

We have access to the outdoor area every day.  We find it encourages increased self esteem by developing their divergent thinking skills and collaborative skills.  They are able to play and explore, learn actively, develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things.  There is a sense of freedom that sparks awe and wonder.