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September 18, 2025
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Air, Water, Sun and Earth: A Day of Discovery at Kew

Today our little explorers visited the Children’s Garden at Kew. The garden is designed around the four things plants need to grow: air, water, sun and earth. It gave...

September 17, 2025
Joanne Hall (Staff)
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Maths at Little Explorers: Intent, Implementation and Impact in Action

At Little Explorers, maths is not something that sits apart from play, it runs through the whole day. We see it when babies notice that one basket has more...

September 5, 2025
Joanne Hall (Staff)
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Autumn Reflections: Minimalism, Impact, and Rethinking Evidence 🍂✨

Over the summer holidays we, like many others in the early years sector, took time to reflect on our practice and consider how we could improve. Part of that...

August 11, 2025
Joanne Hall (Staff)
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Sunflowers, Shadows, and Child-Led Learning.

At Little Explorers, we are committed to reflective practice, considering how spontaneous interests can grow into meaningful learning opportunities. Last term, a single child’s fascination with shadows...

August 9, 2024
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Little Explorers Summer Shutdown

Please note that we will be shut from 4:00 p.m. on Friday 9th of August, reopening 7:30 a.m. on the 26th of August. Could we please request that any...

August 7, 2024
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Celebrating a Year of Adventures and Learning

As we come to the end of another academic year, it’s time to reflect on the wonderful experiences our little explorers have had. We followed a teaching style that...

May 25, 2024
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September 2024 Vacancy (Update: filled)

*UPDATE – THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INTEREST IN THE VACANCY ADVERTISED IN OUR BLOG. THIS HAS NOW BEEN FILLED. PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY REGARDING OUR CURRENT AVAILABILITY*...