Nursery World - EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… construction

How nursery and Reception children at one setting have been thinking – and making – big. By Annette Rawstrone

Nursery and Reception children at Co-op Academy Oakwood, Leeds have turned their Foundation Unit into a building site as they immerse themselves in construction. ‘We call them our cohort of builders because it’s incredible what they make and construct,’ says early years team leader and assistant head Maeve Birdsall.

This year, practitioners have been surprised by the level of children’s interest in building then collaborating on increasingly bigger projects. One day, shelves in the Reception construction area were bare by 9.30am, and the children have since gone on to use all the building materials from other classrooms too as they have developed whole cities. Their interest has also inspired the nursery children to embark on their own building projects (see box).

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