Outdoor Fun

Outdoor Fun and Education

Lt Little Hubber’s Day Nursery North Shields it is very important to us that all children get outside every single day. 

Child care and looking after your children is paramount and we feel outdoor fun is imperative to grow and thrive.

We believe outdoor play and exploration are an essential part of learning and growing up. So we have developed our outdoor daily activities and excursions to provide children with the greatest variety of experiences, challenges and resources that inspire awe and wonder!

We encourage children to play outside as often as possible and in all weathers, it’s certainly fun in the sun, but great when we can splash in puddles!

Not only is playing outside great fun for children, its healthy for them too! It has been recognised that children that play outside have an increase in the vitamins D levels, helping them to build strong bones. It will also support children to gain mastery of their bodies, strength and co-ordination as well as build their resilience. At Little Hubbers we understand that children need and want to take some risks when they play. We aim to respond to these needs and interests by offering the children a stimulating and challenging environment where they can explore and learn.

We seek to develop children’s understanding of the world around them and encourage them to be little scientists by using their imagination, emotions and senses providing activities such as mini-beast hunts, leaf matching, and picture making with natural materials. The children become aware of the sounds and smells associated with the outdoors, learning to respect and appreciate their natural surroundings. Learning about life cycles, natural habitats, tree identification and exploring the areas around them.

We take the children out every single day morning and afternoon.

Our trips out include visits to the beach, fish quay for chips and to feed the seagulls, walks along the marina and our beautiful coast line. We head along to local park, nature reserves and forest areas along side trips into town on the metro, off to Morpeth on the train and so many other wonderful places on a daily basis. Ice cream and picnics are an absolute must too!

Your children will have so much fun traveling in our ‘Turtle bus’ and our 6 seat reclining pram. We also have a double buggy, walkodile and safety straps to endure your little ones are safe.

We have recently introduced Forest School into our fabulous Nursery. Each week the children will explore the local parks with our fully qualified QTS teachers, rummaging through branches, squelching in mud and off course jumping in puddles to learn about Nature and our beautiful surrounding.

All children of walking age will also wear our high viz vests.