The children and staff at Smarties Nursery, Oban, recently enjoyed two outdoor learning days; one at Ganavan beach and the other at Dunstaffnage Castle.  The children had a fantastic time working as a team and exploring the area.  At Dunstaffnage Castle, the children found monsters and caves and tree swings.  When they returned to nursery the children used their imagination along with photos that they had taken to come up with a fantastic story called “Bears, Monsters, Ponies, Trees and Leaves at Dunstaffnage Castle“

Here are a couple of extracts from the story…….. “I went into a puddle and went down that hole, it was dark”  “There was a strawberry monster in the tree trunk house, it was going to jump in his puddle, then he came back to meet us”  “There was no monster, he was shopping.  I think he was buying carrots.” The children had great imaginations with this story and each child had their turn at writing a bit.