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Something fishy was going on at the nursery school-and Sue Chambers describes how it gave children a wealth of learning opportunities One of our nursery classes decided to base its project on A House for Hermit Crab (Hamish Hamilton, 10.99), in which Hermit Crab finds a new home and persuades other sea creatures to help him decorate it.

One of our nursery classes decided to base its project on A House for Hermit Crab (Hamish Hamilton, 10.99), in which Hermit Crab finds a new home and persuades other sea creatures to help him decorate it.

The class using this book caters for 11 full-time and 22 part-time (11 morning and 11 afternoon) children and is staffed by two part-time teachers and one nursery nurse. There are three children with additional one-to-one support.

During the project the children were able to do an exciting range of D&T activities, using an enormous variety of materials and tools.

Hermit crab classroom

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