Children have an innate love for nature and it is vital to maintain this love and inspire its development – especially when enveloped by the brick and mortar that comprises city life. We have a beautiful garden space at St Andrew’s Montessori and the children spend time in it as often as possible but we…
Every year we pay a visit to the Barnsbury Wood, a little hidden gem in Islington and the smallest local nature reserve in London! The children love exploring the woods that are just around the corner from the school. This term the theme was Autumn Sensory Seasons and was lead by Jayne Barber who works…
This year Active Kids teamed up with the Woodland Trust to give schools a chance to get growing this autumn. We were lucky enough to receive six trees from this project. Three of the trees have been donated to the Islington Council to plant in gardens and parks in the borough. The children and teachers…