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Collaborative Den Building

23/9/2019

 
At Rachel Keeling Nursery School the team work very sensitively and reflectively, ensuring we balance the adult support and intervention in learning with the child led and child centred approach we know that is so empowering for our children. 
This week a practitioner observed a group of children rolling around under a blanket in the garden. They suggested the children might like to make more space for themselves and create a den where they could sit up. The group were keen and set about gathering resources to make a hidey hole. After some time unsuccessfully balancing blankets over traffic cones the adult intervened again. They showed the children our bridge and thought aloud that maybe a blanket laid over that would be cosy. 
After some problem solving, the children and practitioner worked together and success was theirs!  Underneath the blanket now was an environment which allowed for much talk, laughter and eye contact. Children commented on the sunlight coming through the red blanket "It's the reflection" said one of them.
The children sustained play and demonstrated high levels of well-being during this experience. A wonderful example of sensitive co-collaboration between children and an adult. 

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Rachel Keeling Nursery School
​Bullard's Place, Morpeth Street, London, E2 0PS
Tel: 020 89805856
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  • Information
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    • Benchmarking
    • Curriculum & Goals >
      • Settle in and become a confident learner
      • Follow a recipe to make playdough
      • Make a model at the woodwork table
      • Ride a bicycle
      • Create your own rhythmic patterns and respond to music
      • Create shades of colour using powder paints and palette
      • Make up your own stories
      • Write the first two letters of your name
    • Risk Assessment
    • Health and Hygiene
    • Early Help
    • Early Years Pupil Premium
    • GDPR
    • Health Guidance/Viruses
    • Lunchtime
    • OFSTED
    • Places for 3 & 4 year olds
    • Safeguarding Summary
    • Special Educational Needs and Disability
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    • Children and Family Centres
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    • Articles, Research & Conferences
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    • Resources >
      • Design Project
      • RKNS shopping
      • Learning Journeys
      • Special Books
      • RKNS using film
      • SEND/Inclusion
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    • Who Are Our Governors?
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    • Governor Attendance
  • Learning
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      • Gardening
      • Keep Moving
      • Exploration and Games
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