Music, Yoga and Forest School
St George’s offers free Music, Yoga and Forest School sessions to nursery and pre-school children!
Every week, Tatty Bumpkin visits St George’s to take the children on her Bendy, Giggly yoga adventures!
The sessions use a combination of storytelling, multi-sensory props, music and children’s yoga postures to ignite the children’s imagination to encourage movement and enhance their development. The progressive programme is fully aligned to the EYFS curriculum, and has been developed by paediatric physiotherapists, yoga teachers, musicians and educationalists, so whilst the children are having fun, you can rest assured that their development is also of key importance.
The children’s essential creative pathways connect while valuable life skills are learnt – fine-motor to help with handwriting, communication to aid social skills, crossing the midline to help with dressing themselves and eating, core muscle strength to enable sitting still, mindfulness and relaxation to help with self-regulation and listening. All whilst they are diving into the ocean with Dolphin, or zooming into space in their rockets, or creeping through the jungle in the search for Lion!
For further information, please click HERE to visit the Children Inspired by Yoga website.
Musical Bumps teachers – in partnership with Music for Starters Ltd – offer a full programme of classes for schools and nurseries. From the early months right through to the end of Key Stage 1, you can be confident that your children will grow and learn through their music-making!
Real Music… key musical skills and concepts are learnt and practised
Real Education… activities support all areas of the curriculum
Real Fun… exciting puppets and percussion at every session
Their carefully prepared curriculum is based on the Kodaly principles of early childhood music education and offers separate age-specific sessions to allow progression.
It’s not just the children who will learn – this is an excellent opportunity for staff in schools and nurseries to learn new skills and gain new ideas!
Musical Bumps teachers are trained by an expert team; they are experienced musicians and Early Years practitioners and receive extensive, ongoing training. All teachers have an enhanced disclosure certificate.
Here is their website for more details.
Forest School sessions
We are thrilled to announce that St George’s is offering Forest School sessions for our preschool groups!
Forest School is an inspiring learning experience that originated in Scandinavia. Its ethos is to give children the time and freedom to develop skills, explore their interests, and deepen their understanding through hands-on activities in a natural environment. The sessions will encourage children to take ownership of their learning, make decisions, and take safe risks while developing self-awareness and responsibility toward others and the world around them.
Each session will follow a structured plan, but children will also have time to explore freely — whether it’s playing in the mud kitchen, watering the allotment, or getting creative with some painting.
For example, in a previous session, the children made bug hotels and were excited to discover what creatures might move in over the coming weeks. They also learned about fire safety through interactive discussions and enjoyed toasting marshmallows around the fire. The session wrapped up with a story and a chance for the children to share their favourite moments from the day.
