Biography
Nurture in nature
Every child should have the opportunity to play and learn outside, to enhance their lives and create a sense of wonder for nature and the environment. We hope that anyone attending Earthtime’s events and activities has the opportunity to connect with nature and feel more of a desire to protect it.
Earthtime’s activities include:
Forest School nursery and school age childcare provision
Pop up activities for children and families in public parks
Outdoor learning and Forest School for schools, small groups and individual children
Forest School Leader training (FOLA)
Outdoor children’s parties
Events like our annual Elf and Fairy Fair
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Childcare
Earthtime’s Forest School Nursery provides:
Early learning and childcare (age 2 to school age)
Out of school hours care for school age children
Holiday care for school age children
Community
Earthtime’s work in communities includes:
Forest Schools programmes in schools with groups and on a 1:1 basis
Parent and child activity groups in public parks (Waddle Toddle and Nature Play)
Walks for pregnant women and their families (Pregnancy Pathways)
Events run by Earthtime or attended by Earthtime
Training (training courses run by Earthtime
Our Mission and Vision
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Our Mission, Vision and Values
Our Vision
A community in which every child is given the opportunity to play and learn outside, to
enhance their lives and create a sense of wonder for nature and the environment.
Our Mission
To be the lead provider for early years’ outdoor environmental education and become a
sustainable organisation that supports a zero waste society.
Our Values
Provide high quality care and education to all children that we support in our outdoor
nursery and all other activities that we provide.
Strive to be a zero waste organisation.
Maintain our commitment to be an open and ethical organisation.
Support staff and volunteers to develop their potential.
About Us
Child Led Play
Our child led approach puts children in charge of their own learning through discovery. Children have the opportunity to get creative with our resources and materials on their own terms. With simple materials like tyres, children are building, using them as boots or rolling them down a hill. Pine cones, leaves, sticks and pebbles are perfect for little fingers to rummage in, feel textures and engage the senses.
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Forest School
Earthtime provides outdoor learning through Forest School programmes for schools across Moray, following the principles and ethos of the Forest Schools Association. The benefits of Forest School are holistic and they transfer to all other areas of the learners’ lives, improving behaviour and performance and planting the seed for a love of the outdoors from an early age.
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Forest & Outdoor Learning Award
The Forest and Outdoor Learning Award (FOLA) is tailored to the Scottish curriculum and is a Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) accredited qualification. Earthtime is an approved Assessment Centre to deliver the award with Newbattle Abbey College as the awarding body.
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