Observing the change of season from winter to spring led to nursery children at Leamore Primary School in Walsall, West Midlands investigating growth and change in more detail.
‘Children started to comment on the weather warming up – some said how they didn’t need their coats because it was hotter – and we talked to the children about the spring changes that they saw on their walk to school, which gave it a nice link between home and school and made it more real for them,’ explains nursery teacher Claire Baker.
‘We try to give our children as much enrichment as we can because a lot of our children don’t get opportunities at home to get outside and hands-on. We’re based in a built-up area with not much greenery around and, although some children go to local parks at weekends, a lot live in high-rise flats without gardens.’
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