Some good information and ideas in this newly updated booklet available from Health Scotland.

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Froggy (our Daddy frog) and Bumble Bee (our Mummy frog) have come up trumps and produced a big lump of frogspawn in Jane’s garden pond. We loved looking at it and feeling it. It was cold, slimy and smelled like cabbage. We put it into our nice clean tadpole pond in the playgroup garden and will look after it carefully and hopefully it will soon turn into tadpoles.

More good advice from Teacher Tom. It’s too easy for adults to always step in to solve children’s problems rather than allowing them to develop skills to solve their own.

https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/you-hit-me-im-not-going-to-play-with.html

We are delighted to announce that, following an unannounced inspection by the Care Inspectorate last week, our service has been graded with 5 (Very Good) for both of the focus areas (Quality of Environment and Quality of Care and Support) under inspection.

The Inspector has particularly noted our community feel, sense of identity and belonging, our commitment to outdoor play and opportunities to explore the natural environment and also the way in which we encourage children to take positive risks in order to make informed choices and develop resilience. The full report can be read here