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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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Not all Superheroes Wear Capes!!

October 20, 2017 Jade Edgell

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. 

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In The Hive
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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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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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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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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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Gloopy fun 

September 28, 2017 Lauren

Anyone who knows me well enough will know that i'm really not a fan of 'messy play'. I know this may come as a shock due to me being the forest school leader and having to deal with a lot of mud!

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In The Burrow
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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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I'm Staying!

September 19, 2017 Jade Edgell

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!

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In The Hive
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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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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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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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Introducing: Ellie!

August 17, 2017 RedFox

Hello, I'm Ellie!

I'm the new apprentice in the Den

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In Free Range Life, Recruitment Tags Free Rangers
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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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Teeth are Not For Biting!

August 10, 2017 Jade Edgell
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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".

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In The Nest, The Hive, Early Years Education Tags The Nest, Biting, Child Development
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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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The Mill Barn
Millards Hill
Midsomer Norton
Banes
BA3 2BW
01761 411328

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