Children in EYFS have access to beautiful indoor and outdoor environments, all day long, all year round. They have long periods of time when they can play both inside and out, observed carefully by our staff. We strongly believe children learn best through play and so we make sure that the environments they play in are well planned, organised and resourced with clean, high quality resources to promote high quality engagement.
Our indoor environment offers:
- ‘Our Together Time’ library with fiction, non-fiction and poetry books
- drawing table – ‘mark making’
- water play
- role play
- block play and small world
- creative space – paint, colour mixing, clay, modelling
- ICT (pc, ipads, cameras, remote controlled toys, interactive whiteboard, story phones etc.)
- snack area, with adult led baking activities
- the dressy up area – music, movement and dance
- cosy corners – a place to relax
- the sports hall – a space for physical group work eg drumming, dance, yoga, zumba etc.
Our outdoor environment offers:
- beaches
- water areas with channels and waterways
- role play shed with open-ended resources for home/ shop play
- the construction cabin with many building opportunities
- the fort for castle adventures and climbing
- outdoor blocks
- PE area
- wild garden with wildlife homes and observational opportunities
- mud kitchen
- natural dens
- cycling road
- wooden stump story circle
- canoe and train for role play and adventures
- growers garden
- music stage- music, movement and performance
- fruit bushes and trees
