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!
Read moreA New Beginning!
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.
Read moreMaking Relationships in the Hive
After the older children left at Christmas to enjoy their new adventures down in the Burrow. The Hive was feeling a little bit empty... you know what that means! Time for some new children to join the Free Rangers team!
Read moreGrowing 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!)
Read moreNot all Superheroes Wear Capes!!
Over the past few weeks the children in the Hive have been very busy bee's, we've been doing lots of exploring and making the most of what Free Rangers has to offer. We've been loving the outdoor environment whether we have been walking around the paddock and going on bug hunts or cooking up a storm in the mud kitchen.
Read moreI'm Staying!
As most of you know I was due to leave in July.. and well, I'm still here! A few weeks ago I kindly asked Char if I could possibly stay and she said yes, so I continue to work with the girls in the Hive!
Read moreNew Beginnings
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.
Read moreTeeth are Not For Biting!
Over the past few weeks in the Hive, the children have enjoyed reading stories with their carers - looking at the pictures and talking about what they can see! So recently over circle time we decided this would be a nice time to introduce a "book of the week".
Read moreTime to say goodbye!
Some of you may already be aware, that the 14th of July will be my last day at Free Rangers! After starting at Free Rangers as a student back in February 2014 and working from when I qualified in July 2014, where Gemma asked if I would like to join the team as cover staff.
Read moreMini Peaks & Pyjama week!
We’d like to thank all our parents and children for kindly donating and sponsoring us whilst we took part in wearing our pyjamas and not only that, the children in the Hive have been taking part in “The Mini Peaks Challenge."
Read moreThe Hives been open a year!
We’ve been open a year, a whole year! As many of you know a year ago we opened the doors to the Nest and Warren, in the new building with an amazing outdoor space, and separate sleep room, this was when we became known as the Baby Unit.
Read moreWhat's new in the Hive?!
A couple of weeks ago on a wet and soggy Monday morning (which we obviously all don't mind as we love splashing in muddy puddles!) All the Hive staff walked into the Hive and noticed a few changes had been made...
Read moreSing a song of six pence, a pocket full of RIE.
As from September I will be over in the Warren implementing the RIE approach (Resources for Infant Educarers) from the course Madi and I attended back in July. If you haven’t seen me around in the Nest this week, I've been busy next door with all the older children.
Read moreFun in the Sun!
Myself, Madi, Lou, Cat, Tiff, Abbie and the rest of Free Rangers would like to welcome all the new babies into the baby unit! Which after a few weeks and lots of votes from all you lovely people has been renamed as... THE HIVE!
Read moreSun, sun, sun
I thought this week it would be nice for you all to see what we have been up to over in the Baby unit, and we've spent lots of time in the garden! So this week in the Nest and Warren we have been out enjoying the sunshine! (That's right, the sunshine!) We've applied lots and lots of suncream over the past few weeks and we now all smell lovely!
Read moreWe've flown the Nest!
Madi and I have flown the Nest, but don't worry we haven't gone far! We have flown over to the farmhouse and into a new nest, which is bigger and brighter and boasts direct access on to the great outdoors. Myself and Madi are very excited and are still nest building and working out how best to use the space, or even how our little ones find fit to use the new space.
Read moreWhat can we find?
This week in the Nest, we have been exploring our environment. It's important that new and existing children feel safe in their new surroundings to enable them to happily access all learning opportunities.
Read moreRice, rice baby!
his week in the Nest we have been focusing our language and using our own words to communicate supported gestures, and we've been practicing our coordination tecniques and we've been using our hands and increasing our skills to use our fingers to lift and also we've been handing books and printed material with interest.
Read moreSnap, crackle and pop!
his week in the Nest we've been focusing on our moving and handling skills, this involves using our fine motor skills to turn pages in a book, pouring jugs or using mark making tools! We've also been focusing on exploring and experimenting a range of media, through sensory play and using our whole body to move to the sounds that they enjoy.
Read moreThe year of the monkeys!
This week in the Nest we've been celebrating Chinese New Year, and our little monkeys have been busy getting creative! We've been making a Chinese lanterns and we've also been decorating sticks and twigs to make our own mobiles as our Forest School activity!
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