We were preparing a big trip to the seaside, and I was new in post in a big London nursery centre. 'What are we going to do if it rains?' I asked Andrew, the member of staff in charge of the outing. 'Um - plan B' was his answer. I knew that there was no plan B: if it were needed, it would have to be thought up on the spot.
Previously that summer, during a memorable water-play afternoon, plan B had consisted of drying and changing an endless line of children. They had decided that paddling pools and buckets meant sitting in water and throwing buckets of it over each other, not the dainty filling and emptying we had planned. It was wonderful fun, and completely unforgettable.
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