Outdoor Areas

"Go and open the door. Maybe outside there's a tree, or wood, a garden or a magic city." Miroslav Golub

Bumblebee's Garden

Our smallest children at Rise and Shine have their own garden area with doors that open out into it so when the weather is nice we can have continuous play inside and out. The children have their own space so even non-walkers can explore and play safely. They have a combination of grass and soft flooring. The bumblebee garden is currently going under an exciting transformation with lots of new resources being added. We cannot wait to share the pictures very soon.

Ladybird's and Caterpillar's Outdoor Area

Our children in Ladybirds and Caterpillars have a large shared space with direct access for play and exploration. This includes a large bikes and trikes road to develop physically. A construction area with building material and large diggers. Our music wall to make some tunes. We are also luck to have a wonderful sand and water area with a very popular water wall, a great way for children to practise fine and gross motor skills. The small world area tyres provide opportunities for children to be imaginative and create their own world with the resources they desire. We have an outdoor role play area and house for children to act out their favourite things. The newest addition to our outdoor space is our wonderful mud kitchen, the children have so much fun mixing pies and mud shakes.

Adventure Garden

Rise and Shine Day Nursery is situated in a quiet location on the edge of the Industrial Estate. We are extremely lucky to have a woodland area onsite for the children to utilise. We have been working hard over several months to get this up and running and we are nearly ready to share this wonderful learning space with you. The Wonderful Woodland is a fenced safe area for children to explore, learn and take supervised risks. Outdoor play is extremely important to children's learning and development and we cannot wait to get the children outside and exploring their surroundings. There will be many areas and resources within our woodland to develop children's skills across the whole curriculum. Children will have opportunities to investigate nature in all weathers.