Happy New Year to you all, we welcome you all back to a very cold start to an exciting new year full of potential, growth, and discovery. (Please do be careful on the school path when walking down to nursery!)

We look forward to the year ahead, and everything it brings. 2025 is the year some of your little ones start school, or perhaps it means some of the little ones moving up a room, or even joining us for the first time.

Have you spotted your first snowdrop yet? Keep your eyes peeled for the first ones starting to emerge around nursery. This amazing little flower has the power the push up through the snow, with its hard tipped leaves and its antifreeze proteins.

As a Forest School with an outside all year round moto we embrace all weathers, so let’s see how we can incorporate this blanket of white into our children’s play at nursery or at home.

Snow Play Ideas

• Snow ‘Mud’ Kitchen- pots, pans, mashers, cones for ice cream play
• Footprints in the snow- Guess which shoe print belongs to who
• Snow Painting- Use non toxic watercolours to add colour to the ground
• Create a Snow Volcano
• Snow mark making and digging, with sticks, cookie cutters etc
• Small World Area- Polar Animals
• Nature Walks
• Visit the local playground, does it look different in the snow
• Sledgeing with baby dolls
• Snow construction- Make Snow bricks to build a house
• Snow castles
• Snow Balls to see how many you can throw into a bucket