Nursery World - Opinion: Letters (31)

LETTER OF THE WEEK - ARMS AND THE MAN

One of our children drew a picture of Gary while they were at nursery. It was a big picture. He had lots of arms, even coming out of his head.

We told him that the picture was lovely and asked why he'd got so many arms? The reply? 'Because Gary is very big and he needs lots of arms because he gives us lots of cuddles.'

Isn't that fab? What a lovely image to have of your childcarer.

- Nicola and Gary Dickinson, Hollyhock Childcare, Castleford, West Yorkshire

PLAYWORK GUIDANCE

In response to 'Playwork guide "too late"' (News, 6 August), we wish to clarify that as soon as it became apparent the EYFS would have a significant impact on play settings, SkillsActive began working with the DCSF and other partners to resolve and clarify issues. Way before the introduction of the EYFS in September 2008, we agreed a set of statements with the DCSF, published on the Teachernet website, that we believed would provide sufficient guidance.

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