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Enabling Environments: Community Links - Talking shop

As part of a drive to forge links with the local community, a setting in Durham organised a supermarket trip. Carey Anne Bonser reveals why it has given them an appetite for more.

At Busy Bees Day Nursery, in Durham, we have been working hard to develop relationships within our local community. One of our newest partnerships, with our local Sainsbury's, has enabled us to provide our children with a range of new and interesting experiences. This involved a trip to the store.

BEFORE THE VISIT

In preparation for our trip to the supermarket, the children engaged in a variety of related activities, such as sharing stories, role-play experiences and small-world play. They were encouraged to use our iPad to look online for images and videos of supermarkets and the different roles of staff working there.

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