As the cold weather is starting to arrive and the leaves are beginning to fall, the Burrow have gone into Autumn mode. Over the weekend Soraya took a long walk around Victoria Park in Bath and Tiff ventured around Wells enjoying some family time, they both came across lots of autumn time bits and bobs which they collected for the Burrow children, so on Monday morning we had two bags full of leaves, conkers, pine cones, hazelnuts, acorns, brazil nuts, almond nuts and walnuts.
Read moreWhat did we see? What might you see?
This week the children in the Burrow have been introduced to the very first Free Rangers book titled ‘I see, you see’. We decided to present the book in its own little case together with some photo resources. This made it feel really special and created an air of excitement and anticipation.
Read moreThese are the sharp teeth...
Well what an amazing and exciting week we had had in the Burrow; and this is just how the adults felt! It has been great to allow the children to start their experience of using a bow saw and a hand drill!
Read moreBusy Burrowers
We have had lots of new faces come and join us in the Burrow the past few weeks and as everyone has started to settle in the older Burrow children and staff have been showing our new children what we have on offer and here's a few things we have been up too.
Read moreAnd so the adventure begins…
Last week we had to say ‘Good bye’ to many children as they departed to pastures new (mostly to the Den) after spending time in the Burrow. These children and their families developed good, strong attachments with the Key People in the Burrow (Soraya, Lauren, Nic and Tiff).
Read moreHocus Pocus
This week has been the first of the term, meaning new children in the Burrow and Warren children moving down into our room. The age difference has been noticeable, with these children not showing much attention span and easily being distracted!
Read moreSPLISH SPLASH SPLOSH
It rained and rained and rained some more. What a better way to start the week, than to get the waterproofs and wellies on and go on a search for the biggest muddiest puddles on site, and of course after themajor pour down on the weekend this is exactly what we found. Gigantic muddy puddles.
Read moreSmooth smoothies
It’s that time of year again when the blackberry bushes are in full swing and everyone in the area of Welton (including all the staff and children at Free Rangers!) are out to pick them! Last week and over the past few days when we have been venturing out on Forest School we have noticed some Blackberry bushes around the farm, paddock and orchard.
Read moreWhen a cardboard box turns into…a pirate ship!
We are still in full swing of our pirate bonanza in the Burrow and over the past couple of weeks we have gone 2D! We used some cardboard boxes which we started to decorate using paint brushes and sponges as the main walls of our ship, however before long the shoes and socks were off and our feet were dunked in the paint trays
Read moreKeep Calm and Say Arrrr.
‘Parents play the key role in Children’s learning. They are experts on their own children and they are a child’s first and enduring educators’ - Parents, Early Years and Learning (PEAL)
Read moreFree Rangers Children Fleeing the Nest….Warren…..Burrow and…… Den
So the time has come when our little Free Rangers are leaving us to start their new venture of Primary School Education. Some of our children joined us in the Nest and have had a positive journey throughout Free Rangers and finalising their time in the Den.
Read moreArrrrrrr, let’s find us some treasure my hearties
This week we have continued our pirate theme but taken it outside into the paddock on Forest School, I made the children a pirate ship (the fort) with lots of pirate bunting and a big pirate flag!
Read moreLittle Burrowers engrossed in Action Painting… just like Jackson Pollock!
Mark making isn’t just about pencils or paint on paper. You can make a mark with any part of your body, on any type of surface.
Read moreWhat can we build?
This week in the Burrows Forest School sessions we have been focusing on construction and looking at what we can build, using bricks, wooden blocks and plastic milk crates. Before we started our session we spoke about our safety when it comes to building, what might happen if we build it too high, where a safe place would be to push over a tower?
Read morePots, pans, spoons and spatulas
Under the archway we set up lots of old and worn out pots, bowls, pans, spoons and spatulas. The Burrow children explored making and creating lots of different noises and sounds using the objects available.
Read moreHello from Tiff
For those of you who I haven’t had chance to introduce myself to yet, I am Tiff and I joined the Free Rangers in April after returning from my very lovely travels. I will be taking over from the wonderful Chynna in the Burrow next week, I have been working in the Burrow for a few weeks now and have loved getting to know both the staff and children.
Read moreFire Steel
This week we have been able to allow the Burrow children do an activity that they have never done before, this has given the children enthusiasm and confidence to do things that might not have crossed their mind yet! We have been very privileged this week to have Lou out on Forest School with us (Lou is Forest School trained which I will be starting in September, how exciting!!), and what have we been doing… lighting fires!!!
Read moreUsing my Eyes and Ears
For a few weeks in the Burrow our children have been experiencing looking at stories whilst listening to the sing-a-long CD. Soraya had brought in a range of stories written by Debbie Harter at Barefoot Books and sung by Fred Penner
Read moreIt’s not just a cardboard box!
This week in the Burrow we have made the most out of some left over cardboard boxes. On Monday morning we came into work and found lots of left over cardboard boxes from some work that had been done at the weekend.
Read moreWhat do the 3 Bears like to eat?
This week the children in the Burrow have taken their 3 Bears story to another level by making tea for the bears. This has involved small groups of children working together to follow a recipe. Something that has been talked about before during their ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’ story.
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