Vegan Apple Muffins Ingredients - 220 g of water - 30 g Seed Oil - 250 g flour - 130 g Sugar (if you like otherwise just as much as you prefer) - 1 sachet baking powder - 1 tsp Cinnamon Powder - 1 Lemon peel - 1 Apple Directions Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Take two bowls. In one, put water and oil, then mix. In the other bowl add all dry ingredients; flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and lemon zest and mix. Add the liquid ingredients from bowl one to the dry ingredie

The last potato harvest for the year was a hit, with the children getting super mucky and feeling very excited to find the potatoes in the soil. The children then scrubbed the potatoes and put them aside to peel the last of the onions from the garden, which they wrapped in foil with some honey before roasting both the onions and potatoes in the outdoor oven to enjoy as an afternoon snack. #potatoes #onions #harvest #growyourownfood #eatwhatyougrow #garden #straightfromthegard

Last week the children harvested sunflowers and pumpkins they planted in May. Before harvesting, we reminded the group of some facts they had learnt at the start of the year including how big pumpkins and sunflowers can get along with how long they take to grow. After the discussion, we skipped over to the garden where our sunflowers and pumpkins were growing. Measuring the sunflower, the children noted its height was a lot taller than our original 100cm measuring stick we ma

We’ve taken the Let’s Go Zero pledge, declaring our aim to become zero carbon by 2030. We’re joining schools across the UK in this national campaign to show the overwhelming support for zero carbon schools and inviting government and local councils to work with us to reach this goal. We know that schools can be the trailblazers for their community, responding to young people’s calls for action. In fact, they can inspire whole communities to tackle the climate crisis. In the c

We were delighted to start our community garden project last Friday with help from Arbor Green children and parents in King George V Park. Our new community space, the raised beds, just before you enter the tunnel from the park, were crying to be dug up. Children and parents did not hesitate to get stuck in, using their hands and hand-held shovels to dig out potatoes and the nasturtiums that had engulfed the bed. It was lovely to see the children eating the nasturtium flowers

Yesterday the children enjoyed learning and celebrating the Chinese Moon Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival. The children watched a short video about the Chinese festival then explored Chinese objects used during this time. The children loved the lanterns used to celebrate the festival and made their own, using autumn coloured tissue paper to decorate them and created moon pictures using black paper and white chalk. If you would like to learn more about the Chinese M

Today alongside our campsite, a lake appeared! The children coloured in cardboard fish to place in the lake with every inch coloured. After tying pipe cleaner to the fish, we fished for them using fishing rods made out of bamboo sticks, ribbon, and sparkly pipe cleaners. The children showed a natural talent for fishing, hooking one after another and choosing to place them in the boat to take home. When they got back to their campsite, they decided to measure the fish. Using t

In spring, we planted sunflower seeds and have been waiting very patiently for them to grow. As they’ve grown, we’ve been learning how to take care of them and help them grow by watering when their soil is too dry. Over the past few weeks, what started as a small seed has finally bloomed into a magnificent sunflower. The children have loved coming into nursery every morning to see their flowers develop. Once our sunflowers were in full bloom, we created labels for the stem, p

During our child's voice circle time, we discovered a new topic of interest, camping! Throughout this new topic, we will be exploring all elements of camping in the UK; from different destinations to activities whilst camping, to transportation and what animals and plants we will find along the way. Let the adventure begin. The children started by looking at some maps of Scotland and picking the destinations they wished to explore. From there, the children packed a camping ba

A couple of weeks, ago some of our younger children graduated from our baby area, Bouncing Bunnies, into the Happy Hedgehog Garden full time. Before they graduated, we started reading and discussing the international bestseller book The Colour Monster, which helps young readers identify emotions and feel more in control by using colours. They learnt certain emotions are linked to different colours, with yellow representing happiness, blue - sad, green - clam, red - anger, pin

This afternoon the children skipped over to the polytunnel to help harvest corn they’ve watched grow from tiny seedlings. After uprooting them the children as a team carried whole plants out to the gravel area then discussed, looked, and felt the roots of the corn that helped it grow whilst keeping its stalk upright. The children then helped to rip the corn cobs from the stalks, once all the corn cobs were removed, we played pass the parcel. With music playing the children pa

This morning the children headed into the polytunnel to help prepare our nursery lunch by picking tons of tomatoes. The tomatoes have been blooming at the nursery that the kids picked too many to go into the soup. Nothing was wasted though as, the children ate the rest of the tomatoes as a mid-morning snack. Tasting the big red and yellow tomatoes and devouring the small cherry tomatoes, the children have learned that ripe tomatoes come in all shapes, sizes, and colours. Have

Choosing firefighters as our topic, the children learned all about fire. We discussed the feeling on our skin when we are near a fire or something hot and the risks of being burned. We talked about the importance of firefighters extinguishing large fires and rescuing people trapped in a burning area. “Fireman” shriek the children with joy as Richie, our handyman and former firefighter, walked in with his firefighter uniform on to discuss with the children his experience as a

The 21st-century space race has taken off with Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos showing their might by launching themselves into space this year, but there is another contender on the scene that’s name is not Elon but Arbor Green. The children of Arbor Green have begun their transit to astronauts whilst becoming experts in planets and star constellations in our solar system. To equip them for their epic journey into space, the children have gathered knowledge about each planet.

Our garden is thriving with delicious fruit and vegetables, so the time has come for the kids to get their hands dirty and harvest their spoils. The potatoes are ready! Planted late May by the children in grow bags, the potatoes had flowered and started to die back when their bags were tipped upside down into a tuff tray for the children to rummage through the dirt and find their spoils. When all the potatoes were found the children using brushes cleaned away all the dirt on

Today our chef Raffa made delicious vegetable pakora's for the children to enjoy. We know how much they love them and wanted to share the recipe for you to enjoy them at home as well. 100g chickpea flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric 1/2 teaspoon garam masala 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper 50ml water 250g cauliflower roughly chopped 50g spinach, chopped 1. Preheat the oven to 220c. Lightly grease a baking sheet or muffin tin with cookin

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2021 at Arbor Green Nursery. We couldn't be prouder to start your education journey and will miss you all so much. Wishing you all the best starting primary school. We know you will flourish! The children planned their graduation including what food they wanted, the disco and for it to be fancy dress. #graduation #classof2021 #childcareprovider #nursery #happykids #outdoorkids #lovemyjob #outdooreducation #stockbridge #edinburgh

Arbor Green Nursery is now on Instagram! Follow us and keep up to date on all the nurseries activities, food cultivation, news and events. #childcareprovider #nursery #edinburgh #stockbridge #outdoorlearning #outdooreducation #happykids #outdoorkids