One nursery takes a far-sighted approach to incorporating ICT into its daily life and learning, as well as its staff assessments. Ruth Thomson reports.

Scene one: Two cars speed from opposite ends of a street. They crash head on. One overturns and bursts into flames. A police car and fire engine approach. Sirens wail. A van arrives and tows the overturned car away. The end.

This is the plot of Calum, Nicole, James, Brooklyn, Amy and Aaron's first film, which can be viewed as part of the children's blog at www.edubuzz.org.uk. The children are nursery pupils at Prestonpans Infant School and Nursery School (Nursery Department) and the website is that of East Lothian council's Education and Children's Services (see box).

The film reflects the growing willingness of staff, and children, to embrace technology and give it what they believe is its rightful place within the early years curriculum and practice.

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