The rolling park The rolling park The rolling park The rolling park …………‘The rolling park’ is an examples of a project stemming from the children which is taking place outside. The children came up with the name after exploring the ramps, tubes, guttering and balls outside. One group in particular were influential in creating and developing this idea, which then spread to include other children.

The following week, the children wanted to draw their plans for ‘The Rolling Park’ so they were offered a large whiteboard and

pens. This led to some great group discussion and children created their own vocabulary as they began to take ownership of their

ideas. Children across nursery are now using a shared vocabularyof ‘edgers’ ‘stoppers’ and ‘catchers’ which was created by the initial

group of children.

Our climbing frame being out of bounds for a while offered an opportunity to use the slide as part of the investigation. Children gained new insights into gradients, joining different parts together and how to catch the balls in a

variety of containers. They explored whether cars or balls roll best and looked at different types of balls to compare them.

Over the last couple of weeks, we have offered the children an opportunity to revisit their ideas on a smaller scale by making a ‘Mini Rolling Park’ with smaller pipes, tubes and more complicated connections. This has given them an opportunity to extend their theories as well as providing an activity which will help with fine motor development.