Growing Me News

Harvest time 16/09/2024 Lots of juicy berries and apples helping creatures great and small, fatten up for winter. The animals help the trees too, by spreading the seeds far and wide, with a nice nutritious pile of poo to help … Continued

A Different Path? 9th September 2024: Despite what our social media feeds might lead us to believe, we can assure you that not every child is smartly dressed and beaming at the camera, excited for a new term! Many children … Continued

Which Guinea Are You!? Hello from Growing Me ☀️ Hope that you are enjoying some sunshine this summer! I’m writing this whilst watching our guinea pigs in their new cage, nervously staring at their new ramp… With a few tasty … Continued

Waiting to bloom… Hollyhocks come in many different colours, and the buds towering above the wilderness in my garden are showing no clue as to which colour they will be. Like a child waiting waiting to unwrap a present, I’ll … Continued

Lessons from a Dog Rose The dog rose flowers (and thorns) are meandering their way through my garden; simultaneously providing homes and food to small birds and insects, whilst spiking bigger creatures, that might otherwise eat them. Human or plant, we … Continued

Stag Beetle Pondering We love a stag beetle! These incredible little creatures spend most of their lives underground, only coming up to surface for a few weeks to mate and reproduce. The big and beautiful antlers on these tiny beetles … Continued

Helping Professionals 1st May 2024: Growing Me is for everyone in the team around a child, but this post wants to highlight how we make life that little bit easier (and a bit more fun!) for children’s social workers. Social … Continued

Umwelt 29th April 2024: This week’s blog starts with a book recommendation: ‘An Immense World’ by Ed Yong (https://edyong.me/an-immense-world). The book starts by imagining a room full of different creatures, thinking how each in turn would experience the situation – … Continued

Sustainable Destruction! 15th April 2024: Hail on the first morning of the summer term! Gahhhh! Don’t know about you, but hailstones down the back of the neck on the school run is not something I want to celebrate. Growing Me … Continued

Bubbles are brilliant! April 13th 2024: Blowing bubbles encourages slow, deep breaths, calming our sensory systems… Popping bubbles is a good wake up activity, and bubble pass is a good game to connect and have fun… So, each Growing Me … Continued