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Stramash was recently featured as a case study in Nursery World Magazine talking about the importance of non verbal communication. "What we say to children in their formative years can influence their thoughts and feelings about themselves, but our behaviour towards them, each other and the world in general has even more of an impact,… Continue reading Nursery world – Non verbal communication

Article in The National Here Read our news release in full below: Only 20% of employers in the childcare sector offer the real living wage to all their staff and Argyll-based Stramash is proud to be one of them. The non-profit social enterprise was established in May 2009, starting as a spin-off from Argyll and… Continue reading Stramash one of only 20% of child care employers who pay real living wage

What are transitions? Transitions are the ‘going from and to’ - another word for a change or shift, in activity, situation or environment. They might happen in small ways throughout the day for example going from playing to sitting down to lunch or be more significant e.g. starting nursery More significant transitions - Milestone Events… Continue reading Transitions

New base for outdoor nursery at Tornagrain Children at Torngrain’s outdoor nursery watched their new building take shape earlier this week. Social enterprise and outdoor learning specialists Stramash set up a nursery in the woods at Tornagrain in the middle of August and now have 15 children aged three to five. The new nursery building… Continue reading Tornagrain Nursery in the News