Excursions & Trips

Our most popular nursery trips and outdoor activities currently include:

1. Walks to the local playgrounds.
2. Visits to the local library
3. Visits to the exhibitions at the Maritime Museum & The Horniman Museum
4. Walks along local forestry.
5. Exploring life in the Deptford & Greenwich Area
6. Exploring local farms

We find that children are particularly engaging when they experience something new with their peers. The interaction with others, excitement, and chance to discover something new is something that all children enjoy during our nursery trips and outings. We believe that it is essential that children have opportunities for nursery trips and outdoor activities whilst in our care. We believe that taking the children on outings helps them to learn about boundaries and risk assessment as well as the natural environment and how their actions impact upon it.

Alongside this, we believe that outdoor activities for children in the fresh air are extremely beneficial for overall development. Children should be able to explore and make discoveries outside the classroom. Unfortunately, cultural changes have made it the norm for children to be inside watching TV or on a computer. We believe that time spent outdoors is a fantastic opportunity for children to learn about the world around them. It also gets children involved in physical activity as well as learning about themselves and the environment.

RGD Nursery aim to have nursery outings once per month and outdoor play every day. This may be a walk to the park and back or maybe a longer trip to a local library or museum. The children really enjoy the opportunity to get messy and creative in mud and have lots of fun when planting and cultivating crops.  The great British weather is often a factor when deciding when and where to go. We always make sure that the children are dressed for rain or shine whenever they leave the nursery.

Our biggest priority during nursery outings and outdoor play is the children’s safety. Before each outing, we carry out a risk assessment and we will only take children out of the nursery with the parents written permission. There will always be a paediatric first aider present on all of the nursery trips and a first aid kit available.  Given that safety is our number one priority, when venturing afar with the little ones our nursery outings and outdoor play sessions are staffed on a 1 adult to 2 children ratio, significantly higher than the statutory ratios. We encourage parents to come on all our trips. Older children are paired up and allocated to a member of staff when they are out of the nursery. This way, we can ensure that all children are safe and accounted for during all nursery outings. Our full Health & Safety Policy can provide upon request.