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Welton Free Rangers - Forest School Nursery

The Mill Barn, Millards Hill
Midsomer Norton, Banes, BA3 2BW
+44 (0)1761 411328
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“I am useless...”

November 27, 2018 RedFox
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It was really difficult to hear. My Forest Schoolers rarely dishearten me over things they might mention during the sessions but one had stopped on the Timber Trail on one particularly wet Forest School session.

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In The Den, Free Rangers Forest School Tags Problem Solving, Climbing, Motor Skills, Teamwork, Child Development, Confidence, Risky Play, Red Fox, Forest School, Outdoor Learning, The Den, Play Outdoors, Jumping, Outdoor Play
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Leaf Crowns

November 13, 2018 RedFox
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It’s my favourite time of year. There’s something very comforting and familiar about Autumn. The kaleidoscope of colour. The falling of leaves. The chill in the air. The smell of wood fires. Hot drinks and woolly hats. It's a riotous assault on the senses.

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In Outdoor Learning, Free Rangers Forest School, The Den Tags Forest School, Outdoor Learning, Autumn
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Fire: Sparking their Curiosity

August 8, 2018 RedFox
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Fire; the one tool in my Forest School arsenal guaranteed to spark creativity, curiosity and focus. Seeing a child make their first fire is something very special. We have been harnessing and bending it to our will since time immemorial, and even now, after all the fires I've lit (a lot), it still captures my attention and draws my gaze

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In Free Rangers Forest School, Outdoor Learning, The Den Tags Fire Lighting, Fires, Fire Steels, TInder, Risky Play, Experiential, Outdoor Learning
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Macho Macho Kids

April 3, 2018 RedFox
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Our Forest School focus over the past few weeks has looked at the children’s perceptions of strength. If you ask any child if they’re strong and you’ll get a mini Mr & Mrs Universe lineup of bicep tensing as a visable display of their perceived strength!

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In Early Years Education, Free Rangers Forest School, The Den Tags Forest School, Red Fox, Strength
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Emotions, they can be exhausting!

March 31, 2018 Charlotte

At Free Rangers we believe teaching children how to identify and manage their emotions is a life long skill. And as adults and primary carers we are in a good position to coaching them through a positive way to identify and manage the ups and downs of their daily lives.

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In Early Years Education, Free Rangers Forest School
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My approach and guide to potty training

March 7, 2018 Charlotte
Potty training in the Burrow

There is defiantly a look…. a look that many parents have when the words potty training are mentioned for the first time. It is a mixture of confusion, fear and of guilt for having not done it already.

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In Free Range Life, Early Years Education, Free Rangers Forest School, The Burrow
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Messy Play in the Hive!

February 25, 2018 Jade Edgell

Over the past few weeks in the Hive, the Hive have been plitting up into groups to take part in different activities whether they are walking around the farm to see the animals or getting a bit messy!

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In Free Range Life, Early Years Education, Cooking with Children, Free Rangers Forest School, The Hive
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A New Beginning! 

February 7, 2018 Jade Edgell
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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.

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In The Hive, Free Rangers Forest School, Free Range Life, Early Years Education
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Child led play 

December 13, 2017 Lauren

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.

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In The Burrow, Outdoor Learning, Healthy Outdoor Learning, Healthy Early Years, Free Rangers Forest School, Free Range Life
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Natural Maths

November 13, 2017 RedFox
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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!

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In The Den, Outdoor Learning, Free Rangers Forest School Tags Nature, Art, The Den, Leaves
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The adventures of under the arch!

October 17, 2017 Nicola Gass

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.

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In The Burrow, Early Years Education, Free Range Life, Free Rangers Forest School, Healthy Outdoor Learning, Healthy Early Years
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Lift the Bar

October 1, 2017 Charlotte
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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!

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In Free Rangers Forest School, Healthy Early Years, Free Range Life, Nutrition, Healthy Outdoor Learning
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Jayne is cooking up a storm in the Free Range kitchen

October 1, 2017 Jayne
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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.

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In Cooking with Children, The Kitchen, Free Rangers Forest School
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Transitions

September 28, 2017 Soraya Hall

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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In The Burrow, Early Years Education, Free Rangers Forest School
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Learning at Free Rangers

September 21, 2017 Charlotte

We're not an educational sausage factory, we're more of a slightly unkempt allotment offering up fruit and vegetables of all shapes and sizes.That's why we try to make it clear from the outset that we're more interested about where you child is, not where they should be, and how we can support them, not simply push them through their time with us.

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In Free Rangers Forest School, Early Years Education, The Office
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Bridget's visit

September 13, 2017 Charlotte

Another open mic session from one of the Burrow's (now Den's) lovely mums, listening and looking at a guitar. Thank you so much for the wheelbarrow revamp too!

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In Free Rangers Forest School, Free Range Life, Early Years Education, The Burrow
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Making the Spark

September 13, 2017 Lauren

Today whilst on lunch, Lucy approached me with puppy looking eyes saying my name very sweetly “Lauren, you're a forest school leader!” Of course, my initial reaction was to say “I'm too busy” but I sat and listened. She asked if I could write down a few reasons why we use fires on forest school and the benefits of this.

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In Free Rangers Forest School, Healthy Outdoor Learning Tags Fire, Fire Safety
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Food For Thought

September 1, 2017 RedFox
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There's something wonderful about allowing children to make a legitimate mess. It can provide such fantastic learning opportunities. It's when we apply a certain level of meaning to the mess created that we can see the magic happening...

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In Early Years Education, Free Rangers Forest School, Outdoor Learning, The Den Tags Outdoor Learning, Imagination, Roleplay, The Den, Forest School, Red Fox
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New Beginnings 

September 1, 2017 Jade Edgell

It’s that time of the year again where we see another group of babies who have grown and developed into young toddlers move on into the Burrow but we also welcome a new set of babies as they embark upon their new adventures here at Free Rangers.

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In Free Rangers Forest School, Early Years Education, Free Range Life, The Nest
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Language and Imagination

August 29, 2017 Lucy
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Last week’s Forest School activity was focused around language and imagination. Our setting for this activity was the inside of the willow dome, a natural ‘room’ or enclosure, a cosy space perfect for storytelling

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In Free Rangers Forest School Tags Imagination, The Den, Outdoor Learning
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I spoke to Norton Hill students this week.
It was our chance to tell them all about Early Years Education during one of their careers assemblies.
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It’s not easy trying to sell a career that is underpaid and undervalued within our society. .
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Sharing first experiences.
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Learning to:
1) Step outside our comfort zone with the support of others
2) Building empathy and compassion for the natural world
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#muddywildhappychild 
#theresawormatthebottomofthegarden
Gone Fishin’ 🎣 🎣 🎣 .
What’s everyone else’s favourite imaginary pastime in their household?
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#muddywildhappychild
One of our Free Rangers asked me to take this photo. 🎄 🎄 🎄 “Show my mummy the tree and my decoration.”
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So here we go.
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This amazing totally handmade tree was crafted at the weekend by Charlotte from the Den, along with the gorgeous
A get together before Christmas. .
We went to @fosse_farm for a Christmas wreath building session and Sue put on such a lovely evening with nibbles and drinks and Robbie Williams playing.
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It can be hectic at this time of year but Sue kept everyone
On Friday night Tammy and Sophie from the Hive and the Den taught us how to “Pom Pom” (not sure if that’s an actual verb) and gave us a taster at being a majorette for the night.
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I think we all incurred a few bumps and bruises but
Introducing Bramble, causally mooching around her native habitat. 
She lives on site at Free Rangers and the children have all got to know her well.
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This pic got me thinking about the Wildlife Trusts’ most recent research that highlights the
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“A world where children and adults need time, time to stop and take a breath, to be bored, to not be on call every moment, to be quiet, thoughtful, joyful without the need for things, to be at one with the environment, to be content.
Tomorrow’s Sunday challenge?
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See the world from your child’s eyes and embrace a different perspective.
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If they are a baby lie on your back next to them and babble away.
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If they’re a toddler, crawl under tables and toddl
As the weather drops we are ensuring we have wood on site for when we need a fire to warm us or to cook something warming.
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Please bring lots of layers for outdoor play and forest school.
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If we’re warm we can play. .
Gloves, hats and scarves

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