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The team at Rachel Keeling Nursery School reveal how their children make the most of the setting’s garden area, which provides both activity and tranquillity

The children are hands-on in the garden, from planting vegetables to harvesting them

JEWEL IN THE CROWN

‘The jewel in the crown at Rachel Keeling’ is how our garden has been described. It certainly is the focal point for much of our teaching.

Rather than providing you with a list of experiences that we have engaged in, we thought we would share how we use and organise our garden to ensure it offers our children day in, day out access to high-quality provision that impacts their learning.

TALKING TO FAMILIES

Many of our children live in high-rise housing. Although locally we have access to outdoor spaces in the form of wonderful parks and canal towpaths, we have found some families don’t access these spaces as much as they could.

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