Case study: New River Green Centre

Sheila Harrison was previously deputy head of the New River Green early years centre in Islington, London, and now works there one day a week as a consultant to those working with under-threes in addition to her job as a tutor at Hackney College. She says that appropriate provision for the under-threes involves the adults' readiness to look at what the children are interested in 'rather than looking for learning outcomes and setting up curriculum-based activity'.