Nurseries and Schools
What's involved
Offering one off, or a series of termly classes for preschool and primary school children.
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Flexible options available to fit budgets and needs of the establishment, including fortnightly classes term time only or as an after school extra curricular activity. Classes will follow a theme to fit with the seasons for example spring and summer covering botanicals. Classes will be supported with stories, examples of artists work and provocations to spark ideas and engagement in the activity.
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The focus is on the process and connecting with nature, deepening children's appreciation for nature and what it offers us. Each class gradually builds on the last giving children the skills to make their own art materials and create their own masterpieces.
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Due to each class or series of classes being tailored to each individual establishment, extras can be written in to the programme including an end of term showcase and family workshop.
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Links perfectly in with the curriculum, EYFS and eco-schools accreditation.
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To have a glimpse in to a previous preschool session, please click here.
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If you are interested in finding out more, please get in touch and I will be more than happy to discuss further.
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Links to the EYFS
Communication and language
Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is important
Learn new vocabulary
Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences
Personal, social and emotional development
Find ways to calm themselves
Establish their sense of self
Express preferences and decisions Increasingly follow rules, understanding why they are important
See themselves as a valuable individual
Build constructive and respectful relationships
Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge
Physical development
Use large and small motor skills to do things independently
Develop manipulation and control
Explore different materials and tools
Use large muscle movements to paint and make marks
Choose the right resources to carry out their own plan
Use one handed tools and equipment
Develop their small motor skills so they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently
Literacy
Enjoy drawing freely
Mathematics
Notice patters and arrange things in patterns
Make comparisons between objects relating to size, length, weight and capacity
Talk about and identify the patterns around them
Select, rotate and manipulate shapes to develop spatial reasoning skills
Understanding the world
Explore materials with different properties
Explore natural materials indoors and outside
Explore and respond to different natural phenomena in their setting and on trips
Use all their senses in hands-on exploration of natural materials
Explore collections of materials with similar and/or different properties
Talk about what they see using a wide vocabulary
Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things
Talk about difference between materials and changes they notice
Explore the natural world around them
Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside
Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them
Expressive arts and design
Express ideas and feelings through making marks
Explore different materials, using all their sense to investigate them.
Manipulate and play with different materials
Use their imagination as they consider what they can do with different materials
Make simple models which express their ideas
Explore different materials , freely, to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make
Develop their own ideas and then decide which materials to use to express them
Join different materials and explore different textures
Return to and build on their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them