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It is not okay to say that we are going with a Reggio Emilia approach and therefore we are only going with natural materials, says one early years teacher

'I really do have to draw the line with only purchasing neutral colours for painting. Let’s hope no child wants to paint a ladybird or Santa seeing as red is now one of the banned colours'

Dear reader

This term I have had the absolute pleasure of teaching the Reception class at my school at the time when a new headteacher has been in post along with a new ‘ early years specialist’ deputy, who just so happens to have come from the same school. What a coincidence!

Great! What a pleasure to work with someone who truly understands about young children’s development. This is going to be good.

Or maybe not!

Define early years specialist and I don’t believe it says – cover everything in hessian and fake plants, only write in white Posca pens on chalk boards and the children will thrive.

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