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The best way to learn more about Venture is to experience it for yourself! Choose a setting and bring your child along to spend a morning immersed in Venture to find out what Venture can offer for your family.
​Visit us at Kitley Farm!
If you would like to visit us at Kitley Farm, we are welcoming those who may be interested in joining us to visit the Kitley Farm garden on Tuesday 5th November, 10am - 11am. No need to book, just turn up!
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Visit us at Hope Cove!
If you would like to visit us at Hope Cove, we are welcoming those who may be interested in joining us to visit on Monday 18th November. No need to book, just turn up!
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Visit us at Dartington!
If you would like to visit us at Dartington, we are welcoming those who may be interested in joining us to visit on Wednesday 13th November, 10am, - 11am. No need to book, just turn up!
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Venture Holiday Camp dates released!
A special 4-day-long October half term camp is coming up as well as our Festive Camp just before Christmas.
Friday Firesides are back for the Autumn Term
£5 per parent and child, £1 per extra person
No need to book. Drop in to Venture Kitley Farm on Friday mornings 10am - 12pm for a cuppa and a chat whilst your child plays.
Autumn Term dates:
Friday 25th October
Friday 29th November
Friday 13th December
The Venture Shop is now open!
Check out our T-shirts and Sweatshirts featuring the new Venture logo, as well as the last few remaining 'Vintage' Venture items!
3 Venture Locations
Venture Kitley Farm, Yealmpton
A little Venture Oasis just off the A379, nestled behind Ben's Farm shop on the Kitley Estate, Yealmpton.
3 minutes from Brixton 6 minutes from Elburton
8 minutes from Sherford 9 minutes from Plymstock
9 minutes from Ermington 10 minutes from Modbury
11 minutes from Plympton 14 minutes from Ivybridge
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Venture Dartington, on the Dartington Estate
A hidden Venture Glade amid the woodlands of the Dartington Estate.
8 minutes from Totnes
13 minutes from Harbertonford 14 minutes from Buckfastleigh
16 minutes from Ashburton 16 minutes from Avonwick
18 minutes from South Brent 18 minutes from Ipplepen
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Venture Hope Cove, near Kingsbridge
Making the most of the beaches, woodlands and open spaces of the beautiful fishing village of Hope Cove, near Kingsbridge,
8 minutes from Malborough
14 minutes from Salcombe
17 minutes from Kingsbridge
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Our Approach to Early Years
Child Led:
We empower children to master
and discover things for themselves
Outdoor Learning:
We inspire a connection with the natural world in a multi-sensory outdoor environment
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Physical Play:
We encourage children to challenge themselves, assess risk and develop physical independence
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"WHAT A SPECIAL PLACE VENTURE IS"
Our Story
Established by Zoe Purkis and Jenny Papenfus in early 2018, Venture Outdoor Kindergarten is the South Hams' first fully outdoors Early Years setting.
At Venture, we are a family. Our highly qualified, experienced and dedicated team respect each child as an individual, working closely with each family to ensure every child makes exceptional progress as an inquisitive, intrinsically motivated, active learner.
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Each kindergarten offers rich stimulation inspired by their unique and multi-sensory environment in which our staff conscientiously scaffold opportunities for learning that prioritise preparation for life, building self confidence and independence, and above all else, mental health.
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"Experience is not the preparation of life. It is life." – John Dewey
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We have three sites in the South Hams. To discover more about each location and find your nearest site, click below.
Venture in Autumn:
A Weekly Window
At Venture, where possible we try to replicate family life. Just like at home, there are jobs that need to be done - the vegetable patch has to be weeded and watered, things have to be mended and sorted, afternoon snack has to be prepared. Although we never force children to help, they are naturally drawn to want to help and we have the luxury of lots of time to allow them to do so. Today Raffie and Nell’s dad kindly delivered a big pile of logs. The children were eager to help with the delivery, suggesting ways to bring them in to the garden. They helped to load them into the wheelbarrows, noticing the differing weights and sizes of the logs. As we unloaded them into the log store, the children noticed the different shapes of logs, and worked out how to stack them into the gaps without them falling and hurting anyone. We noticed moss, lichen and insects amongst the logs, and rehomed a spider who appeared in the wheelbarrow. Children are always so keen to help with tasks such as this. It fosters a real sense of “togetherness”* as well as being jam packed full of learning opportunities.
(There is a brilliant book called “Hunt, Gather, Parent” by Michaeleen Doucleff which explores this idea further if you are interested).
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To read a little about what your child might get up to on a typical day with us, click below.