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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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Welton Free Rangers - Forest School Nursery

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    • OUR HISTORY
    • Our Story So Far
    • THE SITE
    • FOREST SCHOOL
    • Policies & Documents
    • Our Staff
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    • Fee Structure
    • FAQs
    • Early Years Entitlement
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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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Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

February 27, 2018 RedFox
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No! It's Free Range children flying down the zip line with the greatest of ease! Over the past few weeks, our focus on Forest School has been all about challenging the children's perceptions of their confidence and physical ability and just how far they can push themselves to conquer fears.

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In The Den, Outdoor Learning, Early Years Education Tags Forest School, Free Rangers, Emotions, Zip Line, Slack Line, Physical Play, Confidence
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Forest School in the Den

February 5, 2018 RedFox
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Forest School at Free Rangers is our bread and butter. It's what drives the nursery and it's our aim to get your children learning, exploring and (most importantly) playing outside as much as we can. 

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In Outdoor Learning, The Den Tags Forest School, Red Fox, Outdoor Learning, Outdoor Play, Play Outdoors, Physical Play
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Growing up in the Hive...

November 23, 2017 Jade Edgell
Growing up in the Hive

Over the past few years I've seen many babies grow up and develop into the cheeky little toddlers they are today... Whether they are now in the Burrow or Den, or maybe even school! (Yes I've been here a while!)

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In The Hive, The Burrow, The Den
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The Colour Monster is in the Den!

November 13, 2017 RedFox
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Every week we have a story of the week that is read to the den children during transition times. This week the book of the week is ‘The Colour Monster’.

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In The Den, Early Years Education Tags The Den, Imagination, Colour Monster
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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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Mystery Visitor #1

October 30, 2017 Lucy

The Den would like to send a massive thank you to our first Mystery Visitor. A parent, who is a secondary school art teacher, came to visit us and shared some of his skills with working with clay.

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In The Den
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Pumpkins

October 28, 2017 Lucy
Pumpkins in the Den

This week in the Den the children have been using hammers and nails to make holes in pumpkins.We like to use seasonal vegetables in the foods that we eat, so why not in our creative and exploratory space in the Den!

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Introducing Pilar Fernandez de la Vega!

October 5, 2017 RedFox
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Hello Free Rangers! My name is Pilar and I work in the den room of the nursery.

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In Free Range Life, The Den Tags Pilar, The Den, Free Rangers, Staff
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Welcome to Paloma!

October 3, 2017 RedFox
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Hi Free Rangers family! My name is Paloma, which means “Dove” in Spanish.

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In The Den, Free Range Life Tags Paloma, Free Rangers, Staff
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Cooking with Jayne

September 30, 2017 Lucy

At Free Rangers we aim to provide children with a healthy, nutritious and varied diet of foods. We also aim to support children to gain and develop important life skills in a fun and interactive way. 

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In The Den, Healthy Early Years, Cooking with Children, Nutrition
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Healthy Habits lead to Healthy Outcomes

September 5, 2017 Lucy
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Some of you may recall a few months ago when we asked families to get involved in our ‘Greenway Challenge’. Back then we were working towards achieving our Department of Public Health: Healthy Outcomes Certificate, which we received in March.

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In The Den, Healthy Early Years, Road 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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Tea from the Hedgerow

August 16, 2017 RedFox

They seek them here, they seek them there. They seek those Blackberries everywhere! 

What do you do when the hedgerows are burgeoning with ripening blackberries, and the early apples are starting to drop? You make sure you use them in as many ways as possible! Blackberries have been a focus across the Nursery and in the Den we opted to make some hedgerow tea!

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In Free Rangers Forest School, The Den Tags Forest School
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From The Hive to The Burrow and from the Burrow to the Den

July 24, 2017 Lauren

It’s that time of year again when we say hello to our new children and goodbye to our older children as we move into new rooms. Don’t panic yet, the official moving date won’t be until September

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In Free Rangers Forest School, Healthy Early Years, Healthy Outdoor Learning, The Burrow, The Hive, The Den
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What we've been up to in The Den in June.

July 14, 2017 Tam

During June in the Den we have been making dens – using material to create enclosed spaces. Talking about sun safety – understanding the effects of sun on our bodies. And learning all about Cray fish!

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In The Den
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Why We Love REAL Tools

July 10, 2017 RedFox

Making tool use accessible, safe but most importantly, FUN!

We love working with tools at Free Rangers and they have become a key component of Forest School, providing another avenue of access to the natural world. Tools help create and inspire, they help us understand the world, as well as ourselves and help promote confidence.

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In Free Rangers Forest School, Outdoor Learning, The Den, Early Years Education Tags Forest School, Tools, Creativity, Outdoor Learning
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THE LATEST FROM INSTAGRAM


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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Millards Hill
Midsomer Norton
Banes
BA3 2BW
01761 411328

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