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We regularly visit 2 local Care Homes in Dereham York House and Eckling Grange. The children and residents love the visits we have and gain positive experiences from them. The children are excited to tell the residents about what they have been doing at nursery, take them artwork they have created, sing to them, have stories read and have nice treats to eat. Research shows that socialising children with the elderly has a positive effect on both parties emotional well-being.

Community Outings

To help our youngsters understand the local community around them, Little Footsteps will get them involved with community outings. We make regular visits to local parks and the library. Consent will be obtained from parents/carers prior to these visits. 

At least once a week, Little Footsteps will go out and visit the park, one of our favourite places in the community. The children have a chance to explore the sites and nature in the park, as well as play on the slides and playground. We also visit the library weekly. At the library, children choose their own books to borrow and share. We also order topic boxes to help with educational learning. 
Local Walks
Our Mattishall children enjoy getting out and about the village. We went on an adventure recently and found a wild flower field and walked through it. As we walked through, we talked about the different flowers we could see alongside their shape, size and colour.
GoGo Hare Visit
June 2018 - On one of our visits into the town centre we found a Go Go Hare. We were very excited to share this news with our friends when we got back to nursery.
Flower Shop Visit
June 2018 - The seedlings children visited a local garden centre to look at the plants and flowers. This was linked into their topic related to looking after living things. The children chose a few of their favourite plants to take back to nursery and care for. 
Park Visits
July 2024
All our children love going on outings, especially to the park.
July 2024 - Seeds all got their sun cream and hats on and headed down to the park. On the way to the park seeds grown-ups talked to the children about the weather. We all waved and pointed at any truck or bus that went past!
Once seeds got down to the park, they found a shaded area to sit and have their snack. They all enjoyed some pear and apricot for snack. Seeds all sat very nicely to eat their snack and had a big drink of water to hydrate before going onto the park. They all then rushed over to the park to have some fun. Seeds were very good at waiting their turn, and they all were happy to go on all of the equipment.
Seeds also visited the ducks, they all sat down and watched the ducks run around, the Seeds grown-ups talked to the children about how there is mummy ducks and ducklings. Some of seeds quacked at the ducks, the ducks were quacking very loudly back at us.
Before heading back to nursery Seeds went for a small walk through the woods. Seeds really enjoyed the cool shade. Some of Seeds had a short nap before getting back to nursery for lunch.
Duck Pond
Duck Pond - July 2024
Our Shoots children really enjoyed a trip to the park and duck pond! They had lots of fun climbing on the boat, having a go in the swings and practicing their climbing skills on the climbing frame! They also enjoyed watching the ducks swimming in the water
Library Visits
Library Visit - April 2018
Our Shoots & Seedlings children went for a walk to the library!  They all had a lovely time searching for books to then look through them. We all love our trips out into the community to promote their development as there are so many opportunities.
Library Visit - Aug 2018
The Library is one of our favourite places to go! The children love picking out different books to bring back to Nursery. ☺️Our Shoots children had a super fun trip this week to the Library where they all sat down with a lovely story and all listened brilliantly
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