Within the ECC we access outdoors on a daily basis no matter the weather. Due to the amount of rain recently the garden at some areas can be quite muddy and muddy puddles are a huge attraction to the children!

Please could you ensure your child has a suitable warm waterproof jacket that will potentially get wet/muddy  and suitable footwear for both indoor and outdoor play.

We would encourage the children’s footwear to be suitable for the children to independently put on/take off by themselves as it can be very time consuming if staff are required to put on/off children’s footwear several times a day.

Lastly could we please encourage you to provide a change of clothes for your child/children as we are very short of spare clothes within the ECC and despite our best efforts and the use of a limited number of waterproof trousers children’s clothes do still get wet/muddy during times of outdoor learning