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Stomping Grounds Forest Kindergarten at Gibside
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Stomping Grounds Forest Kindergarten at Gibside
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- Gateshead NE16 6BG
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children thoroughly enjoy their time in the forest kindergarten. They enjoy climbing trees, swinging in hammocks or walking along ropes.
Activities: Children thoroughly enjoy their time in the forest kindergarten. They enjoy climbing trees, swinging in hammocks or walking along ropes. Other children enjoy exploring insects or talking about the birds and trees.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: They feel that they are highly knowledgeable about the natural world and can identify trees, birds and flowers.
Communication: Parents comment that their children come home covered in mud, but they have had a superb day.
Programs and Resources: Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities effectively.
Staff Training: For example, they work with professionals from occupational therapy to discuss adjustments that they can make to the environment.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff comment that they are well supported and know they can talk to the manager or other staff about anything.
Safeguarding Training: Staff have thought carefully about how they use the woodland space. They have identified clear boundaries and ensure that children are well supervised at all times. Staff use good communication systems, including via walkie-talkies, to ensure that staff are in contact with each other at all times and know where children and staff are.
Play and Learning Integration: They thoroughly enjoy playing with water and soap in the mud kitchen. Children are engrossed as they make potions for children and staff. Other children show deep concentration as they help staff to prepare sticks for the fire or find out how many children would like a bowl of porridge.
Child Safety Management: Staff have thought carefully about how they use the woodland space. They have identified clear boundaries and ensure that children are well supervised at all times. Staff use good communication systems, including via walkie-talkies, to ensure that staff are in contact with each other at all times and know where children and staff are.
Happiness and Settling: Children develop a good understanding of managing their personal hygiene. Staff have developed innovative techniques to provide hygienic handwashing facilities.
Nutritional Menu: However, staff do not consistently reinforce messages about healthy eating, including dental health. For example, children return to base camp and help themselves to their snacks or lunch when they are hungry. While lunches and snacks are generally healthy, staff do not always notice what children are eating and miss opportunities to reinforce messages about food that is not good for them, particularly sugary snacks.
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Stomping Grounds Forest Kindergarten at Gibside is a Nursery, Nursery located in Tyne and Wear, North East.
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to provide time and place for kids and families of all backgrounds to interact with nature, form bonds with the land, and strengthen communities. We aspire to be a component of a service ecosystem that has a more all-encompassing effect. To better comprehend and support local communities, we regularly collaborate with neighbourhood organisations. We give work priority to people who would benefit from it the most, such as. We wish to hold up a mirror to the outdoor environment so that everyone can recognise themselves there and so reap the rewards. To actively support previously excluded populations in using our services, we adhere to Positive Action practises. In order to encourage others to adopt sustainable practises, our organisation sets an example for them. We can pick language, communication, and encounters that are deliberate and intentional by challenging our ego and unconscious bias. In contrast, they create and hold space for children and young people to grow and thrive as whoever they choose to be, rather than seeking to define, make assumptions based on labels, or modify them. Our intended outcomes include enhanced social cohesiveness, physical and mental wellbeing, and increased involvement in protecting local natural habitats.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 24th Feb 2025 - 28th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 14th Apr 2025 - 25th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 21st Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 23rd Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 1st Mar 2025 - 13th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 26th Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 20th Jul 2025 |
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