Teachers spend years buying items from car boot sales and charity shops to create unique room for pupils
At Much Wenlock Primary School they have a drive to be as sustainable as possible, and early years lead Emma Nicolas has taken this to the extreme.
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When she arrived at the school more than four years ago and entered her classroom block known as the EYFS Hub for the very first time, she had just a table and a bookshelf.
But, now after years of collecting and buying items from charity shops and car boot sales - together with her colleague Nicole Hinds - pupils have a unique and busy environment to enjoy.
Much Wenlock Primary School has a ‘no plastic’ approach. Leaders want children to learn and play through real world items.
And, so each table and bookshelf, to each clothing item, accessory and toy inside the early years block has been sourced and rescued from being unwanted to becoming part of their pupils’ “home-from-home”.
The room features suitcases - some filled with sand - lamps, wooden pallets and reels, step ladder shelving units, tree stumps, guttering, china sets and everyday home items, and old clothes used for dressing up.
