Children benefit from an extensive and fully secure outdoor area with a wide range of equipment and activities which offer children the same opportunities for learning outdoors as indoors. Children in both classrooms benefit from free-flow access to their own outdoor area.

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An important aspect of Montessori practice is “care of the environment” and our
allotment is a great resource for teaching the children about planting and growing plants, flowers, vegetables and fruit. The allotment is tended to by the staff and children from Bunnies and we use everything that we grow in our garden.

We run Forest School Adventure sessions with Bunnies in the forest school area of our garden.

Research shows that children who participate in Forest School frequently show:

• improved physical and motor skills,

• improved language and communication skills,

• improved social skills including team-working,

• improved knowledge and understanding of the environment,

• increased confidence and self-belief,

• increased motivation and concentration.

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At Willows Montessori Nursery, our Forest School sessions are structured however children are encouraged to choose for themselves the activities which they wish to participate in. Activities include:

• story-telling,

• digging,

• climbing,

• mini-beast hunting,

• den building,

• mapping,

• identifying plants, birds, and animals.