
Spotlight on… Nature Rangers at Bumpkins
The Bumpkins Nature Rangers was set up to enable all children to have direct contact with nature. Evidence and research highlights the fact that in our ever changing society children are spending less and less time playing outside and this has huge implications on their overall well being and development. Nature Rangers enables the children…

A card from Kate and William – proud parents to Prince George
We were just a little bit excited today, when an envelope arrived with the unmistakable “ER” from the Royal Palaces on it. And even more excited when we opened it and it had a card inside, thanking us all for our home made card which we’d posted to the new parents of Prince George! The…

Sports Day 2013 at Bumpkins
This is a long post and I make no apology for it – there’s just so much to share with you all, from our second Sports Day! We had a great afternoon a couple of weeks ago – at our Pre-School and Orange Scarecrow’s Sports Day. It was organised by the Room Leaders and was a…

Children learning to climb – why it’s important!
Children learning to climb is a stage that can strike fear in the heart of parents and grandparents. But with the weather being so lovely I wanted to share some of our experiences with of children learning to climb and why it’s actually a good thing! My children started climbing from a very early…