A fire engine pulling up alongside Vanessa Nursery School in Shepherds Bush, west London sparked the children’s interest in the work of the fire brigade which continued for weeks.
‘We really believe that if the children are interested in something then we can teach them anything,’ says head teacher Michele Barrett. ‘The fire engine arriving was just one of those moments, but a few weeks later it was a pick-up truck delivering boulders. These opportunities are happening all the time and we feel that if there is something more interesting going on than what we’d planned, then we go with it, otherwise we’d miss valuable teachable moments.’
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