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Through ‘planning in the moment’, the children and early years practitioners at Thorley Hill Primary School in Bishop’s Stortford, Essex have gone on many unexpected adventures. Last school year, a strong fascination with football led to some incredibly powerful learning as they wrote letters and received replies from their heroes.
‘Attending a course by Anna Ephgrave was very inspiring and resulted in my job share, Stacey Hynd, and I completely changing the way we work so that it is more child-led,’ explains former early years leader Suzie Strutt. ‘This has resulted in a high level of engagement in what children do and the atmosphere is calm and purposeful. Instead of pre-planning activities, we meet our objectives naturally in an enabling environment.’
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