This was a great start to Thursday and Friday, the Searchers went on an exploration of the woods in Figgate Park. There was investigating of the trees and bushes to see if we could find some wildlife/insects and lots of climbing over fallen trees, it was a mission but they all managed with some laughter […]
The Investigators have been busy, yesterday they planted thyme, chives and oregano to start us in our growing of vegetables and herbs. The children also watered our lovely flowers that we planted in October, they are all blooming and we love to watch them grow. Today the Investigators asked to make Bread and have it […]
Lets see what the Explorers have been up to over the last 2 weeks (as told in photographs), we had the knocking down of the ball pool, water play in the garden, the scattering of balls and the chasing of them and trips to Figgate Park.
This afternoon the Investigators took a trip to Duddingston Field, as part of our Eco Schools. We wanted to explore the area on offer for the children and buy plant cuttings to enhance our food production in the nursery garden. We seen a variety of plants, trees, chickens and horses, there was lots of field […]
Today even though the weather has been miserable, we have had an activity full day at Rocking Horse. The Explorers pitched a tent up in the room and filled it with colourful balls, this ensured lots of giggles and screams from the children. The Searchers went on a mission to see trains and were lucky enough to see 3, […]
This month, the Investigators have been learning about Chinese New Year. The role play area was transformed into a restaurant, with dressing up and chopsticks. The children created their own Chinese calendars, dragons, wrote their names in Chinese and their story of the month was ‘Bringing in the New Year’ complete with its own story […]
Yesterday the Searchers took a trip to Musselburgh for a change in park and physical play. There was a lot of climbing and balancing to get up steps and over bridges. The Searchers over the next few weeks have planned a variety of trips to take the children to different parks and grass areas for […]
The kind staff at Balfour Beatty have been extremely generous to us at Rocking Horse Nursery, not only did they aid in our search to receive wooden cable drums (we now have 3 stored away ready to prep before we use them in the rooms and nursery garden) but when I arrived this morning there was a huge […]
This afternoon, some of the Investigators participated in the last of our annual Eco School review for 2016. The review will help us with evaluating what we have achieved this year and make plans to go forward in 2017. The children answered the questions with a great dedication to our Eco School journey, with many of the […]
Yesterday as part of our responsive planning (children’s choice), the Investigators took a trip to the National Museum of Scotland. There were lots of interesting things to see and lots of stair climbing to do, the children were in control of their camera and these are a selection of the photos they took.