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Counting and why it is important
When it comes to mathematical skills for young children one of the most important, and most under-valued, is the skill of counting. There...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Oct 29, 2020
- 7 min
What we use at nursery Updated for 2022
We have many conversations about what we use at nursery, so I thought it would be good to have a place where we can share what we use,...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
A look inside
I'm really proud of all the team of builders, plumbers and electricians have done to build the beautiful log cabin. I'm also really proud...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Feb 17, 2020
- 1 min
All Finished!
This honestly has been a total whirlwind of a project. I'm sure that I'm much greyer than before we began, but seeing the cabin completed...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Nov 14, 2019
- 1 min
Update!
I know you've been waiting for an update on the building project and here it is... in a word - MUD We've had loads of rain, and with all...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Nov 3, 2019
- 1 min
What will it look like?
After working on this project for so long now, and having a very visual imagination, I can see very clearly what it will look like when...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
The value of play (spoiler alert - it's very valuable)
Decades of research has shown that play is crucial to physical, intellectual, and social- emotional development at all ages.
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Sep 11, 2019
- 2 min
Set up a company
I've been reminded that I was blogging about the process of setting up a nursery, but that I haven't written for a while. So, let's see...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jul 15, 2019
- 1 min
Permission Granted
We got our planning permission granted! Which is superb news... Now we need to do a lot of work in the background and on the laptop to...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- May 19, 2019
- 3 min
The Planning Application
With our planning application submitted and now being reviewed, the time has come to ask for your support. You can do that by writing...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Feb 27, 2019
- 1 min
Cabin News
I present to you for your admiration the culmination of hours and hours and hours of planning - our final cabin design!! Well, subject to...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Dec 5, 2018
- 1 min
Some advice
You've got to the point of working on a planning application and realised that you need to put in with it some reports and surveys. My...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Sep 6, 2018
- 2 min
Thoughts on Children and Childhood, Part 2: John Dewey
Who was John Dewey? He was born in Vermont in 1859. Originally he was a student of philosophy, then after marrying Alice Chipman, he...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jul 16, 2018
- 3 min
What are the requirements?
When I've been researching the design of the cabin I have also been researching the requirements for the nursery. There are some that are...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jun 29, 2018
- 1 min
Design and Access Statement Photos
I know you love photos, so here are the photos and images I used in the design and access statement. Photographs of cabins:...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jun 28, 2018
- 2 min
Planning Applications - draft Design and Access Statement
The next stage in the process is to put in a planning application. However, I have never done this before either! Helpfully, our local...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jun 26, 2018
- 1 min
A visitor to the garden!
Wow, look who we had to visit today! I can't really believe it was just sitting there on the path! I also can't really believe I managed...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jun 25, 2018
- 1 min
Deerness
I was wondering what the word Deerness means today. In Scotland there's another Deerness, it's a parish in Orkney and it's an Old Norse...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jun 24, 2018
- 4 min
Thoughts on Children and Childhood - Part 1: Where do we come from?
In order to properly explore education today, we need to place it within an understanding of what education used to be like in our...
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Deerness Valley Nursery
- Jun 21, 2018
- 1 min
Floor plan tool
I have a great visual imagination. I can see things really clearly in my head - how they will look, how big they are, how things fit...
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