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What can you make? Staff in the Red Room at the Childcare Centre, Darlington College, make use of all available space to encourage children to work independently. This includes utilising the backs and sides of storage units as well as screens and wallboards.

Staff in the Red Room at the Childcare Centre, Darlington College, make use of all available space to encourage children to work independently. This includes utilising the backs and sides of storage units as well as screens and wallboards.

Planned learning intentions

To select and use activities and resources independently To show interest by sustained construction activity or by talking about shapes or arrangements To join construction pieces together to build and balance Resources

* Storage unit or screen * brightly coloured backing paper * contrasting border roll * digital camera * paper * computer * printer * range of construction equipment * sticky-backed plastic

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