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Despite its city centre location, the Cambridge Day Nursery prides itself on providing opportunities for outdoor play that managers see as key to learning and development.
In the summer months, children spend as much as 90 per cent of their time outdoors and even in winter can expect to be outside up to 65 per cent of the time.
Outdoor play and learning is central to the setting's philosophy and integral to the day-to-day routine, explains Rachel Watson, senior nursery manager at the long-established private day nursery, which celebrates its 40th birthday this year.
"The outdoor space is seen as just part of the nursery so we don't really differentiate," she says.
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