In The Willows, children are encouraged to take a more active role in their day. We encourage children to have a go before asking for help, while making sure support is always there when they need it.

 

We want children to be curious and motivated learners. Rather than simply giving children answers, practitioners encourage them to think, wonder, test their ideas and find things out for themselves.

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Our environment gives children opportunities to:

• Investigate and experiment

• Ask questions

• Predict what might happen

• Solve problems

• Compare and sort

• Count and recognise number

• Explore shape, pattern and measure

• Build and construct

• Explore nature and the wider world

• Develop early literacy and mark-making skills

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