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Welcome to Stramash Social Enterprise Scotland.

We connect children and young people with Nature and the Outdoors.

You can read more about our vision, mission and values here

Freedom to learn, inspired by nature

Outdoor Nursery – Our incredible (and growing!) exceptional quality Outdoor Nursery provision; available in Moray, Highlands, Bute and Argyll

Schools Programme – experienced and passionate outdoor educators, deliver top quality, bespoke outdoor programmes to your pupils

We value and develop our people with training and CPD for practitoners including our fantastic apprenticeship programme

Building relationships with our families & communities

Opening Hours 8:30 – 5:30 Mon-Fri

Contact: 01631 566080

Or email us using the contact form below

Freedom to learn, inspired by nature

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Outdoor Nursery

At Stramash we believe that all children deserve an early years at play, in nature. We are champions of place based and child directed learning, as such there is no ‘standard’ Stramash site. I mean it makes sense really, when the site, environment, resources, culture, team and children are all different why would any 2… Continue reading Outdoor Nursery

Schools

Stramash has the experience and the flexibility to deliver the programme you require for your pupils.  Our outdoor learning programmes provide a safe, fun and challenging environment and use experiential learning to support the personal and social development of each and every participant. The right programme for your students (and budget!) Over recent years we have… Continue reading Schools

Apprenticeships

Our Apprenticeship programme 2018 is now closed for applications – the successful candidates are all placed in our nursery settings. For more info about our Apprentice Programme, applications & process please click here: 2018 Stramash Apprenticeship Programme Stramash has been registered as a Training Provider of SVQs (Scottish Vocational Qualifications) since March 2013. We have had apprentices… Continue reading Apprenticeships

One of the reasons we moved to Oban was for its outdoor nursery having lived in Glasgow when Maisy was a baby. We wanted both the girls to get a chance to spend time outdoors in all weathers and play freely the way we remember growing up.

We liked idea of preschool being in a non classroom environment. Maisy never realised she was at nursery to learn anything, which is brilliant because she learned so much this way.

Both girls enjoy/enjoyed the vastness of the site and the freedom they have/had to explore and make up games. Both love getting filthy! Making fires is always talked about (as well as marshmallows and making garlic bread ☺ )

They have both had different experiences settling in and one struggles a bit still but I believe she is happier in the outdoor setting than she would be indoors and she always seems to enjoy it by the end of the session. Being the less confident child, I see the biggest changes in her after starting at Stramash.

Lucy & Maisy

Stramash is the best thing that happened to us since we moved here. My 3 year old loves it because he’s got tonnes of energy and loves being outdoors and I find staff are very approachable, involved, personal and flexible. I’m always sure that he’s in safe hands and has lot of fun. With this start in life I know that he’ll always love Nature.

Rita