Case study: Sanchia Lyons

Sanchia Lyons, based at Kate Greenaway Nursery in Islington, London, had already studied with Tina Bruce for her MA and wanted to extend her appreciation of Froebel by undertaking the graduate certificate. We had to write essays on particular characters we were in interested in, she says. I chose Robert Owen as the subject of a 7,000 word essay and related his work to Sure Start. I also focused on creativity and play, looking at the "shared area" we have in our nursery, analysing it from a creative perspective. My final essay examined what parents expected from their child's nursery....