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Gill Nobbs describes how Bardsey Pre-school makes good use of a load of old rubbish Recently, our team worked hard to set up a technology workshop area that children could access on a daily basis. This proved to be quite a challenge, as provision has to be cleared away at the end of each session.

Recently, our team worked hard to set up a technology workshop area that children could access on a daily basis. This proved to be quite a challenge, as provision has to be cleared away at the end of each session.

However, small plastic boxes in a portable vegetable rack provided us with ideal storage and enabled the children to see easily all the materials that were on offer.

In addition, a little imagination with a needle and thread from the manager resulted in hanging pockets with applique labels for the storage of tools.

With adult support as the area was introduced, children soon became confident in using the tools and materials independently and amazed us with their creations.

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