Last year, in the process of looking at schools in Singapore, I came across Jamiyah, a Muslim charity organisation. At its headquarters I found a pre-school with five rooms, which caters for 200 children in two sessions. I was immediately struck by the bright furniture, the book corners, the computers with bright animated graphics, the colourful wall displays, and above all the smiles, songs and laughter of children enjoying what they were doing.
'Looks just like a good UK early years unit,' I said. The people with me beamed with delight at this. It was clearly just what they wanted to hear, and they told me about Tina Langston, the young woman from the UK who had made it all happen.
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