Little Explorers

The Little Explorers Nursery is a forest school in Derbyshire. We'll share our adventures and Broomfield Hall craft fair updates.

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Wow , what an awsome morining discovering the 'new ' woods and streams. The childrens physical abilitilies, 'have a go' attitude and respect for each other really blew me away today. These children are... https://t.co/X80ME6u7F0

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The children had a scavenger hunt to find the eggs from around the grounds after the chicks escaped from their mother 😊. We explored the forest school area, Japanese garden, walled gardens, woodlands and a... https://t.co/MeGhHUtdr7

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It was a pleasure hosting the Early Years Professional Development Network event at Little Explorers yesterday . A fun afternoon of sharing practice, highlighting the impact on emotional well being of being... https://t.co/INXnfTXkgZ

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A reminder for our Little Explorer families , the Mothers Day Forest School afternoon is this Friday , 1.30pm-3.30pm.

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A Little Explorer insight: A beautiful invitation for babies to continue their exploration of bloosom. I simply love how the childrens interest in the changing environment is extended into a rich learning activity .

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It feels like Spring has arrived and babies just adore the lambs. We simply love this time of year .

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Operation Mud Kitchen : As part of the garden project the mud kitchen has had a makeover and been moved to the garden area...........safe to say the children have enjoyed the new addition to our continuous provision.

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Capable , curious and confident - the true magic of outdoor learning with babies and young children .

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Our staff development meeting provided the Little Explorer team the perfect opportunity to explore some of our new sensory resources. The opened ended and descriptive nature of these resources have endless and... https://t.co/R39lfezq8W

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This week we will be contiuing to follow the childrens interest of space , rockets and planets . Last week we had a blast starting to make their rockets , which we are hoping to launch this week !! The children... https://t.co/IEHLHNooyM

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SCHOOL APPLICATION REMINDER If your child was born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 you will need to apply for their infant or primary school place by midnight on 15th January 2019.... https://t.co/pKfWjHFY0o

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Eeeekkkk ........Another exciting morning at Little Explorers . Hot chocolate and cookie with Father Christmas. 🎅🤶 — feeling festive

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If you go down to the woods today your sure of a big surprise .......

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Team work makes the dream work...Merry Christmas Little Explorers ! — feeling awesome

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Don't forget that the scarecrow trails are taking place for Little Explorers this week .The children are loving finding and talking about the different creations , followed by a story and hot chocolate in the woods .

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Bear hunts , catching sharks, puddle jumping and a story in the woods. All in a mornings work for the main nursery explorers.

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We are just so lucky , well one of our parents who won them was ! We have given some of Queens Commonwealth Canopy trees to plant in our trees to plant with our Little Explorers .

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Here at Little Explorers the annual scarecrow festival always marks the start of Autumn. We have already received some wonderful creations from our families . Please keep them coming in this week , ready for our scarecrow trails next week. — feeling creative

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Keeping cool in the woods at Forest School , average 8 degrees cooler than anywhere else at Little Explorers . Yet another good reason to go down to the woods . Oh and to play den making , swinging and camp fires !

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As part of the new main nursery routine we have introduced daily make and bake sessions - todays pizza muffins tasted great on the picnic tea . Take a look at the notice board for the daily make and bake activities each week .